Reproducibility of a scoring system for gram stain diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis
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Evaluation of a rapid Gram stain interpretation method for diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis.
A simple Gram stain evaluation for the diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis was assessed in comparison to Nugent's method. The sensitivity (90%), specificity (94%), positive and negative predictive values (90% and 94%), and good interobserver agreement obtained indicate that the test method can be performed reliably in the routine clinical microbiology laboratory.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0095-1137,1098-660X
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.29.8.1730-1731.1991