Is vaginal microscopy an essential tool for the management of women presenting with vaginal discharge?

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 859-860

  Lascar, R Monica ^a   Devakumar, H ^b   Jungmann, E ^b   Copas, A ^a   Arthur, G ^a,b   Mercey, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Camden PCT

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Lower vaginal infections; Microscopy; Women

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MICROSCOPY; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA SECRETION; VAGINITIS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LONDON; MEDICAL AUDIT; MICROSCOPY; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINA; VAGINAL DISCHARGE; VAGINAL DISEASES; VAGINAL SMEARS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 57349169232     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2008.008212     Document Type: Article

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