Diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis: Need for validation of microscopic image area used for scoring bacterial morphotypes

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-67

  Larsson, P G ^a,b   Carlsson, B ^b   Fahraeus L ^b   Jakobsson, T ^b   Forsum, U ^b  

^a Dept of Obstetrics and Gynaecology ^*  (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; GRAM STAINING; IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; VAGINA SECRETION; VAGINITIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CALIBRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINA; VAGINAL SMEARS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 1242269777     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2003.006106     Document Type: Article

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