A Comparison of Colorimetric Assessment of Vaginal pH with Nugent Score for the Detection of Bacterial Vaginosis

• Главные авторы: Matthew K. Hoffman (Автор), Mrutyunjaya B. Bellad (Автор), Umesh S. Charantimath (Автор), Avinash Kavi (Автор), Jyoti M. Nagmoti (Автор), Mahantesh B. Nagmoti (Автор), Ashalata A. Mallapur (Автор), Geetanjali M. Katageri (Автор), Umesh Y. Ramadurg (Автор), Sheshidhar G. Bannale (Автор), Amit P. Revankar (Автор), M. S. Ganachari (Автор), Richard J. Derman (Автор), Shivaprasad S. Goudar (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: Hindawi Limited, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background. A Nugent score > 7 has been defined as the gold standard for the diagnosis for bacterial vaginosis (BV), though it is resource intensive and impractical as point of care testing. We sought to determine if colorimetric assessment of vaginal pH can accurately predict the occurrence of B...