Experience with routine vaginal pH testing in a family practice setting

Infectious Disease in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 63-68

  Pavletic, Adriana J ^a,c   Hawes, Stephen E ^b   Geske, Jenenne A ^a   Bringe, Kathy ^a   Polack, Susan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic vaginitis; Bacterial vaginosis; Trichomonas vaginalis; Vaginal pH

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALKALINITY; ANALYTIC METHOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; MIXED INFECTION; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; VAGINA; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINITIS; YEAST;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS; VAGINA; VAGINAL SMEARS; VAGINITIS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 10944258916     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10647440400009839     Document Type: Review

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