Reliability of interpretation of gram-stained vaginal smears by Nugent's scoring system for diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 77-80

  Zarakolu, Pinar ^a   Sahin Hodoglugil, N Nalan ^a   Aydin, Faruk ^b   Tosun, Ilknur ^b   Gozalan, Aysegul ^c   Unal, Serhat ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Refik Saydam Hygiene Center   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTEROIDES; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LACTOBACILLUS; MOBILUNCUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINITIS;

EID: 1242292920     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2003.09.001     Document Type: Article

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