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| Predicate | Object |
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| rdf:type | |
| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
5-6
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1986-12-9
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| pubmed:abstractText |
The value of current diagnostic methods (clinical examination, microscopy, mycological culture) was compared with a new slide latex agglutination (SLA) test for the diagnosis of vaginal candidosis in 224 women attending a genito-urinary medicine clinic. Candida albicans was isolated from 44 (19.6%) of women but just less than half of this number (21) had clinical candidosis. Clinical examination correctly identified 81% of women with candidosis but the predictive value of a positive clinical diagnosis was only 51.5%. Microscopical examination of a Gram-stained vaginal smear was also inaccurate and yeasts were seen in smears from only 42.9% of women with candidosis. Cultures were positive in 95.2% of those with candidosis, but 54.6% of women with positive cultures showed only commensal carriage. Overall, the SLA test was more successful. It was as sensitive (81%) as clinical diagnosis in identifying patients with candidosis but it was more specific (98.5%) than the other diagnostic criteria and had the highest overall test efficiency (96.8%).
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Sep
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| pubmed:issn |
0301-2115
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
22
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
365-71
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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| pubmed:meshHeading | |
| pubmed:year |
1986
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Criteria for the diagnosis of vaginal candidosis: evaluation of a new latex agglutination test.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Comparative Study
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