AbstractBackgroundTrichomoniasis is a sexually transmitted vaginal infection caused by a protozoan called Trichomonas vaginalis. Its prevalence ranges between 3–40% among randomly tested women.ObjectivesTo investigate the presence of T. vaginalis in infertile women presenting to a Turkish gynecology outpatient clinic using parasitological methods.MethodsThe study population comprised 51 patient participants who attended the gynecology clinic of Mustafa Kemal University Hospital between March

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... August 2013. The women were divided into those presenting with infertility (n = 22) and a patient control group (n = 29). Women in the control group had complaints other than infertility. Microscopic examination, Giemsa staining, and cysteine-peptone-liver-maltose culture were performed on samples taken from posterior fornix tested for T. vaginalis.ResultsT. vaginalis was observed in 18% (n = 4) of infertile patients and in none of the control group (P = 0.03).ConclusionsAsymptomatic infertile women should be examined for T. vaginalis infection, which may play a role as a cause or contributing factor in infertility.