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What are the chances i have trichonomas if wet mount was neg for wbc or trichonomads (but positive for bv) and the concerned partner had a negative trichonomas rna test a few weeks after encounter?

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Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

Low chance but not zero. Wet mount examination misses at least half of all trichomonas infections; and as you may know, trich and BV symptoms and discharge are almost identical to one another. Absence of WBC suggests trich is absent and so does your partners negative RNA test. But you also need an RNA (or DNA) test to be 100% certain.

Answered 11/5/2022

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