title: [Laboratory methods used for the screening and the  control of sexually transmitted diseases (author's transl)].
abstract: The most currently used methods by laboratories for the screening of sexually transmitted diseases were reviewed by the authors and their comparative reliability and sensitiivity examined. The authors endeavoured to give guidance to physicians and bacteriologists in the choice of available techniques as regards collection sites, transport of specimens, choice of transport media, serological tests for syphilis screening and diagnostic methods for urethritis or non-gonococcal vaginitis.
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D005260:Female; D005836:Genitalia, Female / Q000382:microbiology; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007753:Laboratories; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011331:Private Practice; D012698:Serologic Tests; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D013048:Specimen Handling; D013588:Syphilis Serodiagnosis / Q000379:methods; D014521:Urethra / Q000382:microbiology; D014526:Urethritis / Q000175:diagnosis; D014627:Vaginitis / Q000175:diagnosis
vernacular_title: Methodes de laboratoire utilisables pour le dépistage et la surveillance des maladies à transmission sexuelle.