Diagnosis of Trichomonas vaginalis in Female Children and Adolescents Evaluated for Possible Sexual Abuse: A Comparison of the InPouch TV Culture Method and Wet Mount Microscopy

Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 300-305

  Gallion, Hollye R ^a   Dupree, Lisa J ^b   Scott, Theresa A ^a   Arnold, Donald H ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Nashville General Hospital at Meharry   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Child; Diagnostic tests; InPouch TV; Sexual abuse; Sexually transmitted infections; Trichomonas vaginalis; Wet mount

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYMEN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; WET MOUNT MICROSCOPY;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS;

EID: 69349099186     PISSN: 10833188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpag.2008.12.006     Document Type: Article

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