A trial of the validity of genital smears and cultures with gonococcal vaccine provocation in diagnosing genital gonorrhoea in women

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-29

  Renton, Adrian ^a   Filatova, E ^b   Ison, C ^c   Meheus, A ^d   Dmitriev, G ^e   Akovbian, V ^f   Taylor Robinson, D ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^e City Department of Health   (Russian Federation)

^f RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^g IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Gonorrhoea; Gonovaccine; Provocation; Russia; Women

Indexed keywords

GONOCOCCAL VACCINE; LIGASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; GENITAL GONNORHEA; GENITAL SMEAR; GENITAL SYSTEM; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PATHOGENESIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROVOCATION TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SMEAR; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VALIDITY;

BACTERIAL VACCINES; CERVIX UTERI; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MICROSCOPY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; RUSSIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 58249114185     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2008.008147     Document Type: Article

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