Simple and inexpensive point-of-care tests improve diagnosis of vaginal infections in resource constrained settings

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 703-708

  Madhivanan, Purnima ^a,b   Krupp, Karl ^b   Hardin, Jill ^c   Karat, Chitra ^d   Klausner, Jeffrey D ^a   Reingold, Arthur L ^c  

^a SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Public Health Research Institute   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Holdsworth Memorial Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; India; Point of care; Resource constrained settings; Trichomonas vaginalis; Vaginal discharge

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DETECTION METHOD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; REPRODUCTIVE DISORDER; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANDIDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; GONORRHEA; GRAM STAINING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POVERTY; SCREENING TEST; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRICHOMONIASIS; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINAL BURNING SENSATION; VAGINITIS; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VULVA PRURITUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OBSTETRICAL AND GYNECOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDIA; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; ODORS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PRURITUS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS; VAGINAL DISCHARGE; VAGINAL SMEARS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KARNATAKA; SOUTH ASIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 67650954461     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02274.x     Document Type: Article

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