🔬 Neisseria gonorrhoeae, male, urethral smear.
🙏 This publication was kindly provided by clinical laboratory diagnostics physician Alena Azarenkova
Microscopic findings of acute gonorrhea: detection of intracellular and extracellular Neisseria gonorrhoeae in a male urethral smear stained with methylene blue.




🔬 Neisseria gonorrhoeae, male, urethral smear.
🙏 This publication was kindly provided by clinical laboratory diagnostics physician Alena Azarenkova

Microscopic view of a male urethral smear in gonorrhea: pronounced leukocytosis and phagocytosis of kidney-shaped diplococci (Neisseria gonorrhoeae) by neutrophils.

Microscopic image of a Gram-stained urethral smear showing intracellular and extracellular Gram-negative diplococci (gonococci) and neutrophils.

Microscopic examination of urinary sediment in bacterial infection: demonstrating active phagocytosis of cocci and rod-shaped bacteria by neutrophils.