PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Traynor, R M AU - Parratt, D AU - Duguid, H L AU - Duncan, I D TI - Isolation of actinomycetes from cervical specimens. AID - 10.1136/jcp.34.8.914 DP - 1981 Aug 01 TA - Journal of Clinical Pathology PG - 914--916 VI - 34 IP - 8 4099 - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/34/8/914.short 4100 - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/34/8/914.full SO - J Clin Pathol1981 Aug 01; 34 AB - Cervical smears from 30 women were examined. Fifteen of these had actinomycetes visible by direct smear examination and the organisms were isolated in 13. Of the remainder, all had negative smears and culture was similarly negative in 12, whilst in 3, the cultures were either positive (1) or suspicious (2).