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pH and amine test to diagnosis of vaginal infections

  • US 5,910,447 A
  • Filed: 03/18/1997
  • Issued: 06/08/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/13/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for the identification of a condition indicative of bacterial vaginosis in a patient by analyzing a sample of vaginal fluid from said patient, said method comprising determining whether said vaginal fluid tests positive in both of the following tests:

  • (1) a test for pH equal to or greater than a selected transition point within the range of 4.6 to 4.8, performed by applying said sample to a composition comprising a first pH indicator containing an ionizable phenol group and a negatively charged group, dispersed in a solid hydrophilic fluid-permeable polymer containing quaternary ammonium groups in sufficient quantity to immobilize said pH indicator against diffusion when wetted with an aqueous liquid sample and to cause said indicator to change color at said first selected transition point; and

    (2) a test for salts of volatile amines, performed by applying said sample to a solid alkali and a gas-permeable indicator lamina of material permeable to gas but impermeable to aqueous liquids, impregnated with an indicator that undergoes a detectable transition upon contact with amines.

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