Comparison of Gram and Kopeloff stains in the diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis in pregnancy

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 197-201

  Libman, Michael D ^a,b   Kramer, Michael ^a   Platt, Robert ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Gram stain; Kopeloff stains; Nugent score; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; KOPELOFF STAINING; MORPHOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STAINING; VAGINA SECRETION; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENTIAN VIOLET; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHENAZINES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 33644622129     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2005.09.017     Document Type: Article

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