Diagnostic utility of the genital Gram stain in ED patients

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-18

  Stefanski, Peter ^a   Hafner, John W ^a,b   Riley, Shanda L ^c   Sunga, Kharmene L Y ^d   Schaefer, Timothy J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b OSF SAINT FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WESLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA PROBE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; GOLD STANDARD; GONORRHEA; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GENTIAN VIOLET; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; PHENAZINES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS;

EID: 71649115046     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2008.09.016     Document Type: Article

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