Open AccessEvaluation of interobserver reliability of Nugent score for diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis
Author(s) -
Swapna Muthusamy,
Jessy Varghese,
Vinod Raveendran,
Kavitha Ezilarasan,
Joshy M Easow
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of sexually transmitted diseases and aids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2589-0565
pISSN - 2589-0557
DOI - 10.4103/ijstd.ijstd_98_16
Subject(s) - medicine , bacterial vaginosis , kappa , reliability (semiconductor) , vaginal discharge , obstetrics , gynecology , linguistics , philosophy , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics
Vaginal discharge is the commonly narrated compliant of the female attendees of sexually transmitted infection clinic, among which bacterial vaginosis (BV) is responsible for one-third of the visits. BV is often diagnosed clinically which warrants laboratory confirmation.