Nugent and Spiegel criteria for the diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis. Analysis of discordant specimens by the Ison and Hay method;Comparación de los criterios de Nugent y Spiegel para el diagnóstico de vaginosis bacteriana y análisis de los resultados discordantes por el método de Ison y Hay

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 66-71

  Martínez, María Angélica ^a   Ovalle, Alfredo ^b   Gaete, Ana María ^a   Lillo, Eduardo ^b   de la Fuente, Felipe ^a   Araneda, Fabián ^a,b   Villaseca, Rodrigo ^a,b   Salinas, Hugo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Bacterial; Gram's stain; Staining and labeling; Vaginosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; VAGINITIS;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 79955564680     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: 07176163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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