Point-of-care (POC) diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis (BV) using VGTest (TM) ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) in a routine ambulatory care gynecology clinic

摘要

A new CE-marked portable desktop ion mobility spectrometer (VGTest) was used for detection of malodorous biogenic amines indicative of bacterial vaginosis (BV). This study aimed to assess the performance of this testing method for the first time in a routine ambulatory care clinic and to determine the relative levels of biogenic amines in vaginal fluid of BV.