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Candidiasis: Yeast-like Fungi Mycelium in Vaginal Smear

Microscopy of a vaginal smear in candidiasis: detection of pseudomycelial filaments and spores of Candida fungi with methylene blue staining.

Yulia Guseva Yulia Guseva 1 min
Vaginal smear: fragment of pseudomycelium against a background of epithelium and flora
Vaginal smear: fragment of pseudomycelium against a background of epithelium and flora
Vaginal smear: branching pseudomycelium of Candida fungi
Vaginal smear: branching pseudomycelium of Candida fungi
Vaginal smear: plexus of pseudomycelial filaments and blastospores
Vaginal smear: plexus of pseudomycelial filaments and blastospores
Vaginal smear: Candida pseudomycelium, methylene blue stain
Vaginal smear: Candida pseudomycelium, methylene blue stain
Vaginal smear: extended pseudomycelial filament and rod-shaped flora
Vaginal smear: extended pseudomycelial filament and rod-shaped flora

Spring, it’s like that… Vaginal smear. Staining - methylene blue. Mycelium, spores (not in all photos) of yeast-like fungi.

🙏 Photos kindly provided by KDL biologist Yulia Guseva GBUZ Belorechenskaya Central District Hospital.

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