Use of a lactoferrin assay in the differential diagnosis of female genital tract infections and implications for the pathophysiology of bacterial vaginosis

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 517-521

  Rein, Michael F ^a,b   Shih, L Mason ^a   Miller, James R ^a   Guerrant, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTOFERRIN;

ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TRICHOMONIASIS; VAGINITIS;

EID: 0029800239     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199611000-00014     Document Type: Article

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