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Females age 12 to 22 years presenting to the Johns Hopkins adolescent primary care clinics who required a pelvic examination were eligible to participate. A convenience sample of 686 patients was recruited between July 1995 and August 1996. Paired vaginal specimens were evaluated with blinded microscopic evaluation. Analysis consisted of: 1) comparison of collection method sensitivities; and 2) assessment of proportions of infections detected by one method that were also detected by the other method.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results.<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Sensitivities of speculum and nonspeculum collection methods were 75% and 77% (difference = \u22122%; 95% confidence interval, \u221211%, 7%) for trichomoniasis, 64% and 68% (difference = \u22124% [\u221210%,3%]) for bacterial vaginosis, and 85% and 80% (difference = 5% [\u221212%, 22%]) for vulvovaginal candidiasis. The speculum method identified 88% (trichomoniasis), 90% (bacterial vaginosis), and 81% (vulvovaginal candidiasis) of infections detected by the nonspeculum method. The nonspeculum method identified 91% (trichomoniasis), 95% (bacterial vaginosis), and 76% (vulvovaginal candidiasis) of infections detected by the speculum method.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions.<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Vaginal infections can be adequately diagnosed without a speculum. 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