The role of physical examination in diagnosing common causes of vaginitis: A prospective study

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 185-190

  Singh, Rameet H ^a   Zenilman, Jonathan M ^b   Brown, Kathryn M ^c   Madden, Tessa ^d   Gaydos, Charlotte ^b   Ghanem, Khalil G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCURRENT INFECTION; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINAL SPECULUM; VAGINITIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; CLINICAL MEDICINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878201700     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2012-050550     Document Type: Article

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