Self-reported yeast symptoms compared with clinical wet mount analysis and vaginal yeast culture in a specialty clinic setting

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 402-406

  Hoffstetter, Susan E ^a   Barr, Susan ^a   Lefevre, Cherie ^a   Fah, Che Leong ^a   Leet, Terry ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Culture techniques; Vulvovaginal candidiasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINA PAIN; VAGINAL PRURITUS; VULVA PRURITUS; WET MOUNT ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 47149114790     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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