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Leptotrichia Morphology in Urine Analysis: A Case Study

Explore the morphological features of Leptotrichia in urine sediment through microscopy of native and stained preparations for differential diagnosis of bacteriuria.

Vera Kirnas Vera Kirnas 1 min
Stained urine sediment preparation, long convoluted bacterial filament
Stained urine sediment preparation, long convoluted bacterial filament
Stained urine sediment preparation, coiled Leptotrichia filament under oil immersion
Stained urine sediment preparation, coiled Leptotrichia filament under oil immersion
Stained urine sediment preparation, cluster of coiled bacterial chains
Stained urine sediment preparation, cluster of coiled bacterial chains
Stained urine sediment preparation, long wavy chain of rods
Stained urine sediment preparation, long wavy chain of rods
Stained urine sediment preparation, massive tangle of Leptotrichia filaments
Stained urine sediment preparation, massive tangle of Leptotrichia filaments
Stained urine sediment preparation, spirally coiled bacterium
Stained urine sediment preparation, spirally coiled bacterium
Native urine sediment preparation, thin transparent filamentous bacteria
Native urine sediment preparation, thin transparent filamentous bacteria
Stained urine sediment preparation, fragment of a segmented bacterium
Stained urine sediment preparation, fragment of a segmented bacterium
Native urine sediment preparation, intertwining of thin bacterial filaments
Native urine sediment preparation, intertwining of thin bacterial filaments

Found in urine. Our opinion is Leptotrichia. Do you agree?

Images kindly provided by Vera Kirnas, Biologist, Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory, F.S. Ankudinov Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk City Hospital

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