Microscopic image of a mixed infection in a vaginal smear: Trichomonas vaginalis, diplococci, and a pronounced leukocyte reaction indicating inflammation.
🔬 Disease rarely comes alone — it brings its friends: trichomonads and diplococci were found in a vaginal smear. Leukocytes are abundant throughout the field of view. The inflammatory process is in full swing!
🙏 The image was kindly provided by a clinical laboratory diagnostics physician, Anna Ivanova, Moscow.
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