title: [The laboratory in the diagnosis of sexually transmitted diseases].
abstract: In light of the wide array of sexually transmitted infections, it is important that accurate, increasingly advanced laboratory procedures be used to identify the specific agents and that the results of these procedures be correctly interpreted. For this reason, guidelines for the laboratory diagnosis of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) must include standardised criteria and protocols. This report presents the results of several Italian studies on the variability of laboratory procedures for diagnosing the most common STD.
authors.affiliation: Servizio di Microbiologia e Virologia, Azienda Ospedaliera Niguarda Cà Granda, Milano.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Magliano
mesh_terms: D002985:Clinical Protocols; D006801:Humans; D007753:Laboratories; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*