Prevalence of bacterial vaginosis in a community setting and role of the pap smear in its detection

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 634-638

  Sodhani, Pushpa ^a,c   Garg, Suneela ^b   Bhalla, Preena ^b   Singh, Mongjam M ^b   Sharma, Shashi ^a   Gupta, Sanjay ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND PREVENTIVE ONCOLOGY   (India)

^b MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c 201 Mavilla Apartments ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Gram stain; Papanicolaou smear

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PH MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VAGINA SECRETION; VAGINITIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRUS DETECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 27944471341     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326251     Document Type: Article

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