Rapid diagnosis of vaginal candidosis by latex particle agglutination.
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Rapid diagnosis of vaginal candidosis by latex particle agglutination.
Vaginal swabs from women who on clinical evidence were thought to have vaginal candidosis were examined for yeasts by conventional laboratory methods (microscopy and culture) and also assayed for Candida antigens using a rapid (3 min) slide latex particle agglutination tests. Results showed that a diagnosis of vaginal candidosis based on clinical criteria alone is unreliable: only half of the w...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Pathology
سال: 1985
ISSN: 0021-9746
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.38.4.455