Vaginal tampons as specimen collection device for the molecular diagnosis of non-ulcerative sexually transmitted infections in antenatal clinic attendees

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 94-98

  Sturm, P D J ^a,b   Connolly, Cathy ^c   Khan, Nasreen ^a   Ebrahim, Safiya ^a   Sturm, A Willem ^a,b  

^a AFRICA HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Tampons; Vaginal discharge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TAMPON; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; URINALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANIMALS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CULTURE; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL HYGIENE PRODUCTS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 1242292329     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095646204322764271     Document Type: Article

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