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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-3-15
pubmed:abstractText
In a prospective study of 107 women, bacterial vaginosis was clinically diagnosed in 34 women. Compared with clinical diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis, detection of clue cells in Papanicolaou stained vaginal smears showed a sensitivity of 88.2%, a specificity of 98.6%, a positive predictive value of 96.8% and a negative predictive value of 94.7%. The corresponding values for detection of bacterial vaginosis in Gram stained smears compared with the clinical diagnosis were 100%, 97.3%, 94.4% and 100%, respectively. Compared with clue cells in wet smears, identification of clue cells in Papanicolaou stained vaginal smears showed a Kappa index of 0.87 and compared with Gram stain criteria a Kappa index of 0.94. The correlation between Gram stain and Papanicolaou stained vaginal smears showed a Kappa index of 0.89. In contrast to the results of earlier investigators our studies indicate that the demonstration of clue cells in Papanicolaou stained vaginal smears correlate reasonably well with the conventional clinical criteria. However, the Gram stain method may be more reliable than the Papanicolaou method.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0001-6349
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
74
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
67-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Detection of bacterial vaginosis in wet mount, Papanicolaou stained vaginal smears and in gram stained smears.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article