Validity of the vaginal gram stain for the diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 573-576

  Schwebke, Jane R ^a   Hillier, Sharon L ^b   Sobel, Jack D ^c   McGregor, James A ^d   Sweet, Richard L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINITIS;

EID: 0029791154     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0029-7844(96)00233-5     Document Type: Article

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