Diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis by a new multiplex peptide nucleic acid fluorescence in situ hybridization method

PeerJ

Volumn 2015, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Machado, António ^a   Castro, Joana ^a   Cereija, Tatiana ^a   Almeida, Carina ^a   Cerca, Nuno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Biofilms; Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH); Gardnerella vaginalis; Lactobacillus spp.; Peptide Nucleic Acid Probe (PNA probe)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINITIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; LACTOBACILLUS;

EID: 84926453746     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.780     Document Type: Article

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