PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - J R Willcox
AU  - M W Adler
AU  - E M Belsey
TI  - Observer variation in the interpretation of Gram-stained urethral smears: implications for the diagnosis of non-specific urethritis.
AID  - 10.1136/sti.57.2.134
DP  - 1981 Apr 01
TA  - The British Journal of Venereal Diseases
PG  - 134--136
VI  - 57
IP  - 2
4099  - http://sti.bmj.com/content/57/2/134.short
4100  - http://sti.bmj.com/content/57/2/134.full
SO  - Br J Vener Dis1981 Apr 01; 57
AB  - A study was carried out to determine whether the diagnosis of non-specific urethritis was affected by differences in the microscopical interpretation of urethral smears between individual observers (interobserver variation) and the same observer on separate occasions (intraobserver variation). A marked degree of both intraobserver and interobserver variation was found which--depending on the diagnostic criteria adopted--could affect both the diagnosis and treatment of many patients attending a clinic of genitourinary medicine.