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A definite diagnosis was made based on Nugent score for <jats:italic>Gardnerella<\/jats:italic>, vaginal culture for <jats:italic>Candida<\/jats:italic> and wet prep for <jats:italic>Trichomonas vaginalis<\/jats:italic>. Affirm VPIII Microbial Identification Test results were then compared to diagnostic standard results.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Of the 195 participants, 152 were symptomatic, while 43 were asymptomatic. Final diagnosis revealed 68 (37.87%) cases of <jats:italic>Gardnerella<\/jats:italic>, 29 (14.87%) cases of <jats:italic>Candida<\/jats:italic>, one (0.51%) case of <jats:italic>Trichomonas<\/jats:italic>, and 10 (5.10%) cases of mixed infections. The detection rates achieved by each detection method (Affirm assay vs diagnostic standard) for <jats:italic>Gardnerella<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Candida<\/jats:italic> were not significantly different (33.33% vs 34.8% for <jats:italic>Gardnerella<\/jats:italic>, 13.33% vs 14.87% for <jats:italic>Candida<\/jats:italic>, respectively).<\/jats:p><jats:p>The sensitivity and specificity of the Affirm test for <jats:italic>Gardnerella<\/jats:italic> compared to the diagnostic standard were 75.0% and 88.98%, respectively. For <jats:italic>Candida<\/jats:italic>, the sensitivity and specificity of the Affirm test compared to the diagnostic standard were 82.76% and 98.80%, respectively. The number of <jats:italic>Trichomonas<\/jats:italic> cases was too small (1 case) to be statistically analyzed.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>The Affirm test is a quick tool that can help physicians diagnose and treat patients with infectious vaginitis at the point of care.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/jog.12913","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,1,20]],"date-time":"2016-01-20T06:23:05Z","timestamp":1453270985000},"page":"422-426","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Affirm VPIII microbial identification test can be used to detect <i>gardnerella vaginalis,<\/i><scp><i>Candida albicans<\/i><\/scp> and <i>trichomonas vaginalis<\/i> microbial infections in <scp>Korean<\/scp> women"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"42","author":[{"given":"Seung Won","family":"Byun","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology The Catholic University of Korea  Seoul South Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yeon Joon","family":"Park","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Laboratory Medicine The Catholic University of Korea  Seoul South Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Soo Young","family":"Hur","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology The Catholic University of Korea  Seoul South Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2016,1,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_9_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0002-9378(12)90722-X"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0025-7125(16)30496-5"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s11908-010-0096-1"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1128\/JCM.32.1.148-152.1994"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/AOG.0b013e3181909f63"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_7_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1128\/jcm.29.2.297-301.1991"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_8_1","unstructured":"Control. 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