A Comparison of Colorimetric Assessment of Vaginal pH with Nugent Score for the Detection of Bacterial Vaginosis

A Comparison of Colorimetric Assessment of Vaginal pH with Nugent Score for the Detection of Bacterial Vaginosis

Background. A Nugent score > 7 has been defined as the gold standard for the diagnosis for bacterial vaginosis (BV), though it is resource intensive and impractical as point of care testing. We sought to determine if colorimetric assessment of vaginal pH can accurately predict the occurrence of B...

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Main Authors: Matthew K. Hoffman, Mrutyunjaya B. Bellad, Umesh S. Charantimath, Avinash Kavi, Jyoti M. Nagmoti, Mahantesh B. Nagmoti, Ashalata A. Mallapur, Geetanjali M. Katageri, Umesh Y. Ramadurg, Sheshidhar G. Bannale, Amit P. Revankar, M. S. Ganachari, Richard J. Derman, Shivaprasad S. Goudar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1040984

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