Strategies for diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis in a resource-poor setting

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 52-55

  Posner, S F ^a   Kerimova, J ^b   Aliyeva, F ^b   Duerr, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b Intl Assoc of Family and Society   (Azerbaijan)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Diagnostic methods; Resource poor settings; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

AMINE;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; AMSEL CRITERIA; ARTICLE; AZERBAIJAN; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PH; PH PLUS AMINE METHOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINITIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SYNDROMIC DIAGNOSIS ALGORITHM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; AMINES; AZERBAIJAN; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GENTIAN VIOLET; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHENAZINES; PREVALENCE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINAL DISCHARGE; VAGINAL SMEARS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 13244291756     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462052932601     Document Type: Article

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