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This may be due to inadequate use of the diagnostic potential.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      We evaluated the misjudgement rate of the aetiology of vaginal complaints. A total of 220 vaginal samples from women with a vaginal complaint were obtained and analysed for numbers of total lactobacilli, H\n                      <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                      O\n                      <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                      -producing lactobacilli, total aerobic cell counts and total anaerobic cell counts including bifidobacteria,\n                      <jats:italic>Bacteroides<\/jats:italic>\n                      spp.,\n                      <jats:italic>Prevotella<\/jats:italic>\n                      spp. Additionally, the presence of\n                      <jats:italic>Atopobium vaginae<\/jats:italic>\n                      ,\n                      <jats:italic>Gardnerella vaginalis<\/jats:italic>\n                      ,\n                      <jats:italic>Candida<\/jats:italic>\n                      spp. and\n                      <jats:italic>Trichomonas vaginalis<\/jats:italic>\n                      was evaluated by DNA-hybridisation using the PCR and Affirm VPIII Microbial Identification Test, respectively.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The participating physicians diagnosed Bacterial vaginosis (BV) as origin of discomfort in 80 cases, candidiasis in 109 cases and mixed infections in 8 cases. However, a present BV, defined as lack of H\n                      <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                      O\n                      <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                      -lactobacilli, presence of marker organisms, such as\n                      <jats:italic>G. vaginalis<\/jats:italic>\n                      ,\n                      <jats:italic>Bacteroides<\/jats:italic>\n                      spp. or\n                      <jats:italic>Atopobium vaginae<\/jats:italic>\n                      , and an elevated pH were identified in only 45 cases of the women examined.\n                      <jats:italic>Candida<\/jats:italic>\n                      spp. were detected in 46 cases. Interestingly, an elevated pH corresponded solely to the presence of\n                      <jats:italic>Atopobium vaginae<\/jats:italic>\n                      , which was detected in 11 cases.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Errors in the diagnosis of BV and candida vulvovaginitis (CV) were high. Interestingly, the cases of misjudgement of CV (77%) were more numerous than that of BV (61%). The use of Amsel criteria or microscopy did not reduce the number of misinterpretations. 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