Sensitivity of Gram stain in the diagnosis of urethritis in men

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 284-287

  Orellana Miguel, Ma Angeles ^a   Gómez Lus, Ma Luisa ^b   Lora, David ^c  

^a Laboratorio CEP   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CANDIDA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM STAINING; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS PARAINFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; URETHRITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COLORING AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GENTIAN VIOLET; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PHENAZINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS; URETHRITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861692284     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2011-050150     Document Type: Article

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