Rapid detection of vaginal Candida species by newly developed immunochromatography.
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SUBMITTER: Matsui H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2745012 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Sep
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Rapid detection of vaginal Candida species by newly developed immunochromatography.
Matsui Hidehito H Hanaki Hideaki H Takahashi Kengo K Yokoyama Akihiko A Nakae Taiji T Sunakawa Keisuke K Omura Satoshi S
Clinical and vaccine immunology : CVI 20090805 9
For the diagnosis of vulvovaginal candidiasis, we developed a simple immunochromatographic method that enables the detection of vaginal Candida spp. within about 30 min. Overall, the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of this method appeared to be 80.3, 99.3, 98.0, and 92.0%, respectively. ...[more]
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