Microscopic view of a male urethral smear in gonorrhea: pronounced leukocytosis and phagocytosis of kidney-shaped diplococci (Neisseria gonorrhoeae) by neutrophils.
🔬 Intracellular diplococci. Microscopy of a male urethral smear.
🙏 Image kindly provided by Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics Physician, Anna Ivanova, Moscow
Microscopic image of a Gram-stained urethral smear showing intracellular and extracellular Gram-negative diplococci (gonococci) and neutrophils.
Microscopic findings of acute gonorrhea: detection of intracellular and extracellular Neisseria gonorrhoeae in a male urethral smear stained with methylene blue.
Microscopic detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in urogenital smears: features of methylene blue and Gram staining, and diplococci phagocytosis.
