title: A rapid screening method for routine female genital tract swabs.
abstract: Many hospital laboratories process large numbers of female genital tract swabs to confirm or eliminate the common causes of vaginal discharge. Employing media for culture and acridine orange fluorescent stain for microscopy provides a sensitive, economic and time saving method for routine screening of these types of specimen.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Glaister
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Collins
mesh_terms: D000165:Acridine Orange; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D008828:Microbiological Techniques; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology; D014626:Vaginal Smears / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D000165:Acridine Orange