Easiness of Use and Validity Testing of VS-SENSE Device for Detection of Abnormal Vaginal Flora and Bacterial Vaginosis

Table 6

Results of microbiologic cultures of vaginal samples from cases and controls with normal and abnormal microscopic evaluation, according to the VS-SENSE test result.

Microscopy	Positive culture^a	Negative culture	Total
	𝑛 (%)	𝑛 (%)	𝑛 (%)
Normal	4 (4,4)^b	36 (40,0)	40 (44,4)
Yellow swab	3 (3,3)	34 (37,8)	37 (41,1)
Green or blue swab	1 (1,1)	2 (2,2)	3 (3,3)
Abnormal	13 (14,4)^c	37 (41,2)	50 (55,6)
Yellow swab	1 (1,1)	14 (15,6)	15 (16,7)
Green or blue swab	12 (13,3)	23 (25,6)	35 (38,9)
Total	17 (18,8)	73 (81,2)	90 (100)

aPositive cultures defined as 2 or 3+ of yielded colonies. bSpecies identified: Group-B streptococci (GBS). cSpecies identified: GBS, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae.