The following laboratory tests are recommended: complete blood count; erythrocyte sedimentation rate; C-reactive protein; bacterioscopic examination for bacterial vaginosis; endocervical swab culture with antibiogram; molecular biology for N. gonorrhoeae and C. trachomatis in material from the endocervix, urethra, laparoscopy, or culdocentesis; qualitative urine examination and urine culture, for dismissing urinary tract infection; hemoculture; pregnancy test, for rejecting the diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy; and imaging exams.51 The gene discussed is CRP; the disease is bacterial vaginosis.