Diagnosis of Trichomonas vaginalis urethritis in the male as a routine clinic procedure.
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Between April 23, 1956, and April 22, 1957, 583 male patients were diagnosed as having nongonococcal urethritis at the Venereal Diseases Department at St. Thomas's Hospital, London. 466 of these patients were whites while the other 117 were Negroes. A search for the Trichomonas vaginalis in the genital tract was made in every case by the direct moist-slide method. The material examined was obtained from one or more of the following sources:
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The British journal of venereal diseases
دوره 34 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1958