Clinical utility of measuring white blood cells on vaginal wet mount and endocervical Gram stain for the prediction of chlamydial and gonococcal infections

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 530-538

  Moore, Susan G ^a   Miller, William C ^a,b   Hoffman, Irving F ^a   Fox, Kimberley K ^a,b,c   Owen O'dowd, Judy ^d   McPherson, J Todd ^d   Privette, April ^d   Schmitz, John L ^a   Leone, Peter A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UTERINE CERVICITIS; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINITIS;

EID: 0033778114     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200010000-00006     Document Type: Article

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