Clinical Evaluation of Afﬁrm VPIII in the Detection and
Identiﬁcation of Trichomonas vaginalis, Gardnerella vaginalis, and Candida Species in Vaginitis/Vaginosis

Haywood L. Brown; Deanna D. Fuller; Lori T. Jasper; Thomas E. Davis; Justin D. Wright

doi:10.1080/1064744042000210375

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology (Jan 2004)

Clinical Evaluation of Afﬁrm VPIII in the Detection and Identiﬁcation of Trichomonas vaginalis, Gardnerella vaginalis, and Candida Species in Vaginitis/Vaginosis

Haywood L. Brown,
Deanna D. Fuller,
Lori T. Jasper,
Thomas E. Davis,
Justin D. Wright

Affiliations

Haywood L. Brown: Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Pathology, St. Vincent Hospitals and Health Service, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Deanna D. Fuller: Department of Pathology, Wishard Health Services-Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Lori T. Jasper: Department of Pathology, Wishard Health Services-Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Thomas E. Davis: Department of Pathology, Wishard Health Services-Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Justin D. Wright: Department of Pathology, Wishard Health Services-Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1064744042000210375
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 17 – 21

Abstract

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Objective: To compare the Affirm VPIII Microbial Identification Test for detection and identification of Candida species, Gardnerella vaginalis and Trichomonas vaginalis to clinical and microscopic criteria commonly used to diagnose vaginitis.

Published in Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

ISSN: 1064-7449 (Print); 1098-0997 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Gynecology and obstetrics; Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7281

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