Self-administered vaginal swabs are a feasible alternative to physician-assisted cervical swabs for sexually transmitted infection screening in the emergency department

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 360-363

  Berwald, Nicole ^a   Cheng, Susan ^a   Augenbraun, Michael ^a   Abu Lawi, Khaled ^a   Lucchesi, Michael ^a   Zehtabchi, Shahriar ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Screening; Sexually transmitted diseases; Vaginal swab

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMERGENCY WARD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHYSICIAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPOTTING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINA SWAB;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEW YORK CITY; PHYSICIANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; VAGINAL DISEASES; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65249143405     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00359.x     Document Type: Article

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