Can chlamydial cervicitis influence diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis? [1]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 4914-4915

  Romanik, M ^a   Ekiel, A ^a   Friedek, D ^a   Martirosian, G ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE;

ADULT; AMSEL CLINICAL CRITERION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOPLASMA; NUGENT SCORING SYSTEM; ODOR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUS; SCORING SYSTEM; UTERINE CERVICITIS; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA PESSARY; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VAGINAL SMEARS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; MYCOPLASMA;

EID: 24744438457     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.9.4914-4915.2005     Document Type: Letter

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