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Genital Gram stains unreliable as STI detectors.(Gynecology)
WASHINGTON -- Genital Gram stains alone lack the diagnostic ability to detect Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections, based on data from 1,511 emergency department visits, reported Dr. Shanda Riley in a poster at the annual meeting of the American College of Emergency Physicians.
In 502 visits (33%), physicians used a DNA probe without a Gram stain, 68 visits (5%) included a Gram stain without a DNA probe, and 941 visits (62%) included both a Gram stain and a DNA probe to detect sexually transmitted infections.
Dr. Riley of the University of Illinois, Peoria, and her colleagues reviewed all DNA probes for C. ...
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