Improvement of clinical algorithms for the diagnosis of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis by the use of Gram-stained smears among female sex workers in Accra, Ghana

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 401-410

  Deceuninck, Geneviève ^a,b   Asamoah Adu, Comfort ^c,d   Khonde, Nzambi ^d,e   Pépin, Jacques ^e   Frost, Eric H ^e   Deslandes, Sylvie ^e   Asamoah Adu, Alex ^f   Bekoe, Veronika ^f   Alary, Michel ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ghana)

^d West Africa Project to Combat AIDS   (Ghana)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^f Public Health Reference Laboratory   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GHANA; GONORRHEA; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOSIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREVALENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINITIS;

EID: 0033861133     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200008000-00005     Document Type: Article

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