Comparison of Gram stain and Pap smear procedures in the diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis

Infectious Disease in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 203-207

  Vardar, Enver ^a,c   Maral, Izzet ^b   Inal, Murat ^b   Özgüder, Özgül ^a   Tasli, Funda ^a   Postaci, Hakan ^a  

^a Izmir Research and Training Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Ege Maternity Hospital   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Gram stain; Pap smear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GENTIAN VIOLET; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHENAZINES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINAL SMEARS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0036995081     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/S1064744902000236     Document Type: Article

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