Reliability of diagnosing bacterial vaginosis is improved by a standardized method of gram stain interpretation.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on February 01, 1991

Authors

R P Nugent1, M A Krohn, S L Hillier

Author Affiliations

1: Pediatric, Adolescent, and Maternal AIDS Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.

Associated clinical trials:

ProF-001_Phase IIa | NCT03115073

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