Sensitivity of microscopy for the rapid diagnosis of gonorrhoea in men and women and the role of gonorrhoea serovars

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 390-394

  Manavi, Kaveh ^a   Young, Hugh ^a   Clutterbuck, Dan ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gonorrhoea; Microscopy; Prevalence; Sensitivity; Serovars

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COMMUNITY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SEROTYPE; URETHRA; UTERINE CERVIX;

ADULT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CERVIX UTERI; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREVALENCE; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; URETHRA; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0037712016     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095646203765371277     Document Type: Article

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