Comparison of methylene blue/gentian violet stain to gram's stain for the rapid diagnosis of gonococcal urethritis in men

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 995-996

  Taylor, Stephanie N ^a   Dicarlo, Richard P ^a   Martin, David H ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL VIOLET; METHYLENE BLUE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GONOCOCCAL URETHRITIS; GONORRHEA; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTE; MICROSCOPY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; POINT OF CARE TESTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMEAR; URETHRA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; GENTIAN VIOLET; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLENE BLUE; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHENAZINES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING; URETHRITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054108103     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318225f7c2     Document Type: Article

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