Nonspecific vaginitis: diagnostic criteria and microbial and epidemiologic associations
R Amsel, PA Totten, CA Spiegel, KCS Chen… - The American journal of …, 1983 - Elsevier
Numerous previous studies of nonspecific vaginitis have yielded contradictory results
regarding its cause and clinical manifestations, due to a lack of uniform case definition and
laboratory methods. We studied 397 consecutive unselected female university students and
applied sets of well defined criteria to distinguish nonspecific vaginitis from other forms of
vaginitis and from normal findings. Using such criteria, we diagnosed nonspecific vaginitis in
up to 25 percent of our study population; asymptomatic disease was recognized in more …
regarding its cause and clinical manifestations, due to a lack of uniform case definition and
laboratory methods. We studied 397 consecutive unselected female university students and
applied sets of well defined criteria to distinguish nonspecific vaginitis from other forms of
vaginitis and from normal findings. Using such criteria, we diagnosed nonspecific vaginitis in
up to 25 percent of our study population; asymptomatic disease was recognized in more …