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Comparison Between Modified Amsel's Criteria and The Old Standard Methods in Diagnosis of Bacterial Viginosis | ||
| KUFA MEDICAL JOURNAL | ||
| Article 1, Volume 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 144-152 | ||
| Author | ||
| Kareem Thamir Mashkoor | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Abstract A cross sectional study was conducted to compare modified Amsel’s method with the old standard methods(Nugent’s system & Amsel’s method) in the diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis. Vaginal swabs were collected from 233 women who were complaining from one or more of vaginal symptoms including discharge, malodor, itching, burning, and dyspareunia, and attending Obstetric and Gynecologic Outpatient Clinic in Al-Zahra Maternity and Pediatric Teaching Hospital in Al-Najaf Governorate, during the period from November/2006 to the end of May/2007. modified Amsel’s method is depending on two out of four instead of three out of four Amsel’s criteria for diagnosing bacterial vaginosis and it was found that it is efficient and significantly applicable, without losing of sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values. | ||
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