Learn about identifying mast cells and eosinophils in urogenital flora smears using methylene blue staining and subsequent Romanowsky restaining.
Mast cells in the flora smear. Also, after restaining, some leukocytes turned out to be eosinophils. The preparation was stained with methylene blue, then restained with Romanowsky. Magnification x1000
🙏 Material kindly provided by biochemist Daniil Adamov, Moscow
Clinical microscopy exercise on flora smear: identify the type of curved bacteria in a vaginal discharge sample stained with Romanowsky-Giemsa.
Microscopic view of vaginal candidiasis: detection of spores and pseudomycelium of Candida yeast-like fungi in a smear stained by Romanowsky method.
Microscopy of a vaginal smear in candidiasis: clusters of blastospores and pseudomycelial filaments of Candida yeast-like fungi. Romanowsky staining.
