Diagnosis of Trichomonous vaginalis by microscopy, latex agglutination, diamond's media, and PCR in symptomatic women, Khartoum, Sudan

Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Saleh, Amir M ^a   Abdalla, Hamid S ^a   Satti, Abdelsalam B ^a   Babiker, Suad M ^a   Gasim, Gasim I ^b   Adam, Ishag ^c  

^a Fac of Medicine and Health Sciences   (Sudan)

^b QASSIM UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Diamond's media; Latex agglutination; PCR; Sudan; Trichomonas vaginalis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROSCOPY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUDAN; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUDAN; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS;

EID: 84897575044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17461596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-1596-9-49     Document Type: Article

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