Reliability of conventional Papanicolaou smear in diagnosing bacterial vaginosis among women with clinical genital infection

Reliability of conventional Papanicolaou smear in diagnosing bacterial vaginosis among women with clinical genital infection

Objective: Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a common reproductive tract infection (RTI) reported among Indian women. BV can influence the persistence of high-risk oncogenic human papillomavirus, a causative factor for cervical cancer. BV and cervical cancer are major public health issues in a developing...

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Main Authors: Kavita Vivek Anand, Sharmila Anil Pimple, Gauravi A. Mishra, Rupali V. Sahare, Saleem Pathuthara, Kedar K. Deodhar, Surendra S. Shastri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2020-01-01
Series:South Asian Journal of Cancer
Subjects:
bacterial vaginosis
cervicitis
human papillomavirus
nugent score
papanicolaou smear
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/sajc.sajc_421_18

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