Comparison between Gram stain and culture for the characterization of vaginal microflora: Definition of a distinct grade that resembles grade I microflora and revised categorization of grade I microflora

BACKGROUND: The microbiological diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis is usually made using Nugent's criteria, a useful but rather laborious scoring system based on counting bacterial cell types on Gram stained slides of vaginal smears. Ison and Hay have simplified the score system to three categori...

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Autores principales: Verhelst, Rita, Verstraelen, Hans, Claeys, Geert, Verschraegen, Gerda, Van Simaey, Leen, De Ganck, Catharine, De Backer, Ellen, Temmerman, Marleen, Vaneechoutte, Mario
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1266370/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16225680
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-5-61

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