Morphological features of Leptothrix bacteria in a vaginal smear: microscopic signs, significance in vaginal dysbiosis, and identification.
🔬 Vaginal Smear Microscopy: Leptothrix
✅ The microphotograph shows long, thin filaments of Leptothrix bacteria. This bacterium is easily recognized by its characteristic structure: thin filaments resembling strokes, as if “scribbled with a pen” against the stained smear.
👉 Leptothrix can be present in the normal vaginal microflora, however, its detection may be associated with dysbiosis.
🙏 Photo kindly provided by clinical laboratory diagnostics physician, Anna Ivanova, Moscow
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