Sampling for vaginal candidosis: how good is it?
In defined patient populations attending a genitourinary medicine department, screening for vaginal candidosis resulted in 26.3% positive rate. Microscopy using Gram-stained slide was useful in early diagnosis and resulted in the detection of 64.8% of symptomatic cases. Samples from the anterior fornix proved most sensitive for culture diagnosis while the left lateral vaginal wall proved least sensitive (positive predictive value 0.88 cf 0.81).
Emmerson
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Department of Genitourinary Medicine, Retford Hospital, UK.
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Hawkswell
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Dexter
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Sykes
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Searle
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D002181:Candidiasis, Vulvovaginal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D008485:Medical Audit; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D016037:Single-Blind Method; D014626:Vaginal Smears / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*