Clinical evaluation of Affirm VPIII in the detection and identification of Trichomonas vaginalis, Gardnerella vaginalis, and Candida species in vaginitis/vaginosis

Infectious Disease in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-21

  Brown, Haywood L ^a,c   Fuller, Deanna D ^b   Jasper, Lori T ^b   Davis, Thomas E ^b   Wright, Justin D ^b  

^a Dept Obstet Gynecol and Pathol   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Affirm; Evaluation; Vaginitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; VAGINITIS;

ANIMALS; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMANS; INDIANA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS; VAGINAL DISEASES; VAGINAL SMEARS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 3142676781     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1064744042000210375     Document Type: Article

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