Gardnerella infection as distinguished from cervical dysbacteriosis: The advantageous spin-off of cervical screening

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 389-395

  Klomp, Johanna M ^a   Ouwerkerk Noordam, Elisabeth ^b   Boon, Mathilde E ^b   Van Haaften, Maarten ^a   Heintz, A Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN CYTOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cervical smear; Dysbacteriosis; Gardnerella vaginalis; KOPAC; Vaginal flora

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL DYSBACTERIOSIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA INFECTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE; VAGINA FLORA;

GARDNERELLA; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS;

EID: 67849085448     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000325338     Document Type: Article

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