Modern diagnosis of Trichomonas vaginalis infection

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 434-438

  Hobbs, Marcia M ^a   Seña, Arlene C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIGEN DETECTION; BLEEDING; DYSURIA; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRICHOMONIASIS; URETHRAL DISCHARGE; URETHRITIS; UTERINE CERVICITIS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY METHODS; MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES; TESTING; TRICHOMONAS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PARASITOLOGY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 84884532582     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2013-051057     Document Type: Review

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