Bacterial vaginosis: Comparison of Pap smear and microbiological test results

Modern Pathology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 857-860

  Tokyol, Çiǧdem ^a,b   Aktepe, Orhan Cem ^a   Cevrioǧlu, Arif Serhan ^a   Altindiş, Mustafa ^a   Dilek, Fatma Hüsniye ^a  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Gram stain; Pap smear; Vaginal culture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINA CULTURE; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BACTEROIDES; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GENTIAN VIOLET; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; MIDDLE AGED; PHENAZINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; VAGINAL SMEARS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 3042584524     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.3800132     Document Type: Article

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