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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">257</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>UTILITY OF PH AND WHIFF TEST FOR SCREENING OF ABNORMAL VAGINAL DISCHARGE AMONG WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE IN RURAL AREA&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Damke</surname><given-names>Smita S.</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Fule</surname><given-names>Ramesh P.</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Tankhiwale</surname><given-names>Neelima S.</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>22</day><month>05</month><year>2016</year></pub-date><volume>)</volume><issue/><fpage>33</fpage><lpage>36</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Three vaginal infections are frequent causes of vaginal discharge: (1) bacterial vaginosis, (2)&#13;
vulvovaginal candidiasis, and (3) Trichomoniasis. Simple tool like pH and Whiff test can be carried out without any expertise. This&#13;
study was carried out to evaluate sensitivity and specificity of pH test and Whiff test individually and in combination in diagnosis&#13;
of abnormal vaginal discharge, considering microscopy as gold standard.&#13;
Material and methods: This prospective observational cross sectional study includes 189 women of reproductive age group&#13;
with vaginal discharge attending OBGY clinic from September 2010 to May 2012. Both pregnant and non-pregnant women were&#13;
included in the study with chief complaint of vaginal discharge. Vaginal discharge were collected for determining pH, to perform&#13;
Whiff test and for Gram staining and microscopy.&#13;
Results: Of 189 women 86 (45.5%) were diagnosed to have bacterial vaginosis by applying Nugent__ampersandsignrsquo;s criteria as a gold standard.&#13;
Vulvovaginal candidiasis and Trichomoniasis was found in 61(32.27%) and 24(12.69%) respectively. The pH ? 4.5 was recorded&#13;
in 136 (71.95%) and Whiff test positive in 120 (63.49%) of women with abnormal vaginal discharge.&#13;
Conclusion: Simple tools like pH test and Whiff test can be used as a reliable test for determining abnormal vaginal discharge.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Abnormal vaginal discharge</kwd><kwd> pH test</kwd><kwd> Whiff test</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
