Accuracy of the clinical diagnosis of vaginitis compared with a DNA probe laboratory standard

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-95

  Lowe, Nancy K ^a   Neal, Jeremy L ^b   Ryan Wenger, Nancy A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARMY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BURNING SENSATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA PROBE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; MIXED INFECTION; ODOR; PELVIS; PH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRICHOMONIASIS; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINITIS; VULVOVAGINAL DISCOMFORT; ANIMAL; CANDIDA; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SOLDIER; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; DNA PROBES; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60749127372     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181909f63     Document Type: Article

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