Author

Alena Chirvina

Laboratory Physician, Rostov-on-Don.

Microscopic image of a mixed infection: Candida pseudohyphae and trichomonads in a flora smear, indicating vaginal candidiasis and trichomoniasis.

Features of detecting Trichomonas vaginalis in smear microscopy: differential diagnosis with leukocytes amidst pronounced inflammation.

Microscopic detection of acid-fast bacilli (AFB) in sputum smears using Ziehl–Neelsen staining for tuberculosis diagnosis.

Morphology of clue cells in a vaginal smear: microscopic signs of bacterial adhesion to squamous epithelial cells in bacterial vaginosis.

Laboratory diagnosis of trichomoniasis: morphological features of Trichomonas vaginalis during microscopy of a urogenital tract flora smear.

Microscopic image of candidiasis in a vaginal smear: detection of Candida pseudomycelium and budding cells during flora smear microscopy.