New assay for Gardnerella vaginalis loads correlates with Nugent scores and has potential in the diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 978-984

  Cox, Ciara ^a   McKenna, James P ^a   Watt, Alison P ^a   Coyle, Peter V ^a  

^a ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA INFECTION; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GOLD STANDARD; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUGENT SCORE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCORING SYSTEM; VAGINA FLORA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMANS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84941567411     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.000118     Document Type: Article

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