Abstract:
:The value of microscopy of a Gram-stained urethral smear in the diagnosis of non-gonococcal urethritis and chlamydial urethral infection was assessed in 153 men attending a department of genitourinary medicine. A mean of more than 4 polymorphs in 5 fields (x1000) was considered to be abnormal. In the diagnosis of urethritis, the sensitivity (94%), specificity (91%), positive predictive value (93%) and negative predictive value (93%) were high. In the diagnosis of chlamydial infection, sensitivity (91%) and negative predictive value (96%) were high, but specificity (68%) and positive predictive value (46%) were low. In men with symptoms of genitourinary infection, the sensitivity (96.7%) and negative predictive value (97.4%) of the Gram-stained urethral smear in the diagnosis of chlamydial infection was comparable with modern chlamydial antigen detection tests.
journal_name
Int J STD AIDSjournal_title
International journal of STD & AIDSauthors
Terry PM,Holland S,Olden D,O'Connell Sdoi
10.1177/095646249100200409subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1991-07-01 00:00:00pages
272-5issue
4eissn
0956-4624issn
1758-1052journal_volume
2pub_type
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