Comparative analysis of syndromic and PCR-based diagnostic assay reveals misdiagnosis/ overtreatment for trichomoniasis based on subjective judgment in symptomatic patients

BACKGROUND: Trichomoniasis, a sexually transmitted disease (STD), is caused by Trichomonas vaginalis in both men and women. Screening of trichomoniasis is problematic in resource challenged settings as currently available, inexpensive diagnostic methods are of low sensitivity and/or specificity. In...

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Autores principales: Sonkar, Subash Chandra, Wasnik, Kirti, Kumar, Anita, Mittal, Pratima, Saluja, Daman
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4857337/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27146362
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40249-016-0133-x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4857337/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27146362
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40249-016-0133-x

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