DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF VAGINAL INFECTIONS
Page by: E.J. Mayeaux, Jr., M.D.
Louisiana State University Medical Center Shreveport, Louisiana
Diagnostic Normal Bacterial Trichomonas Candida
Criteria Vaginosis Vaginitis Vulvovaginitis
Vaginal pH 3.8 - 4.2 > 4.5 4.5 < 4.5 (usually)
Discharge White,Thin, Thin, white, Yellow, green, White, curdy,
flocculent gray, frothy, "cottage cheese"
Amine odor Absent fishy fishy Absent
"whiff" test
Miroscopic Lactobacilli, Clue cells Trichomonads, Budding yeast,
epithelial adherent cocci WBC's >10/hpf hyphae,
cells no WBC's pseudohyphae
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