Prevalence of cervicovaginal infections during gestation and accuracy of clinical diagnosis

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 129-133

  Simoes J A ^a   Giraldo, P C ^a   Faundes A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Ctro Pesq Doencas Materno I   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacterioscopy; Vaginal discharge; Vulvovaginitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VULVOVAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031685615     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-0997(1998)6:3<129::AID-IDOG6>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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