Detection of intracellular cocci (Enterococcus faecalis) within neutrophils in peritoneal fluid as a sign of true bacterial infection.
🔬 Peritoneal fluid with neutrophils containing cocci.
⚠ You know this is a true infection, not contamination, because the bacteria are inside the neutrophils. Microbiological culture identified Enterococcus faecalis here, which is a gram-positive bacterium.
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Microscopic examination of urinary sediment in bacterial infection: demonstrating active phagocytosis of cocci and rod-shaped bacteria by neutrophils.
Cytological findings in synovial fluid during purulent arthritis: neutrophil aggregates and prominent bacterial flora in a stained smear.
Microscopic examination of cerebrospinal fluid in meningococcal infection. Neutrophilic cytosis, intracellular and extracellular diplococci in the smear.
