Another portion of microscopic beauty✨
🔬 Vaginal smear: “Clue cells” + many leukocytes
Usually, in bacterial vaginosis, there are few leukocytes. But if there are many: ⚠ most likely, it’s not pure bacterial vaginosis, but a mixed infection — for example, with trichomonads, chlamydia, or fungi. Another reason: an incorrectly collected smear — if the sample is taken from the cervix or during menstruation, there may be more leukocytes.
📹 The video shows a real example of such a picture under the microscope.
👉 Why are there usually few leukocytes in bacterial vaginosis? Because bacterial vaginosis is not a classic inflammation, but a microflora imbalance, with a predominance of anaerobic bacteria, and it usually proceeds without a pronounced immune response.
🙏 The video and photo were kindly provided by clinical laboratory diagnostics physician Masha Roldugina, Moscow
