Endocervical gram stain smears and their usefulness in the diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 103-106

  Myziuk, L ^a   Romanowski, B ^a   Brown, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Endocervical Gram stain; Polymorphonuclear leucocytes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; ECTROPION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GONORRHEA; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVICITIS; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; GENTIAN VIOLET; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEUTROPHILS; PHENAZINES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING; UTERINE CERVICITIS;

EID: 0035054893     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.77.2.103     Document Type: Article

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