The OSOM® Trichomonas Test is unable to accurately diagnose Trichomonas vaginalis from urine in men

Johnathan M Sheele; Cameron J Crandall; Brianna L Arko; Mayur Vallabhaneni; Colin T Dunn; Brandon F Chang; Patrick Fann; Margaret Bigach

doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2018.10.022

The OSOM® Trichomonas Test is unable to accurately diagnose Trichomonas vaginalis from urine in men

Am J Emerg Med. 2019 May;37(5):1002-1003. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2018.10.022. Epub 2018 Oct 16.

Authors

Johnathan M Sheele¹, Cameron J Crandall², Brianna L Arko³, Mayur Vallabhaneni², Colin T Dunn², Brandon F Chang², Patrick Fann², Margaret Bigach⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, 11100 Euclid Ave., B-517, Cleveland, OH 44139, USA. Electronic address: jsheele@gmail.com.
² Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44139, USA.
³ Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, 11100 Euclid Ave., B-517, Cleveland, OH 44139, USA.

PMID: 30361151
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2018.10.022

No abstract available

Keywords: APTIMA; Emergency department; Immunochromatographic capillary flow dipstick; Men; Nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT); OSOM; Point-of-care; Trichomonas vaginalis.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Humans
Male
Nickel
Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
Titanium
Trichomonas Infections / diagnosis
Trichomonas Infections / urine*
Trichomonas vaginalis
Young Adult

Substances

Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
titanium nickelide
Nickel
Titanium