Development and validation of a highly accurate quantitative real- time PCR assay for diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1017-1024

  Hilbert, David W ^a   Smith, William L ^a   Chadwick, Sean G ^a   Toner, Geoffrey ^a   Mordechai, Eli ^a   Adelson, Martin E ^a   Aguin, Tina J ^b   Sobel, Jack D ^b   Gygax, Scott E ^a  

^a Pharmacogenomics Division   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPOBIUM VAGINAE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIALES; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS CRISPATUS; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; LACTOBACILLUS INERS; LACTOBACILLUS JENSENII; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEGASPHAERA; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NUGENT SCORING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINITIS; VALIDATION STUDY; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; EVALUATION STUDY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84962497169     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.03104-15     Document Type: Article

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