Clue Cells and Pseudo Clue Cells in Different Morphotypes of Bacterial Vaginosis [PDF]
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022 IntroductionClue cells (epithelial cells heavily covered with adherent bacteria) are an accepted clue to the diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis. However, the exact morphologic criteria of clue cells and bacterial adherence were never elaborated.Materials ...
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Clue Cells on Vaginal Wet Preparation Are Not Associated with Urinary Tract Infections or Positive Urine Cultures [PDF]
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2022 Introduction: Clue cells result from aberrant vaginal microflora and are associated with an increased vaginal pH, which can allow colonization of uropathogens in the vaginal introitus, increasing the risk for urinary tract infections (UTI).
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Relationship between infectious agents for vulvovaginitis and skin color [PDF]
São Paulo Medical Journal, 2010 CONTEXT AND Objective: Many factors influence occurrences of vulvovaginitis. The aims here were to assess skin color and age-related differences in the vaginal flora and occurrences of vulvovaginitis.
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Urothelial cells may indicate underlying bacteriuria in pregnancy at term: a comparative study [PDF]
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2017 Background Urinary tract infection is common in pregnancy. Urine is sampled from by mid-stream collection (MSU). If epithelial cells are detected, contamination by vulvo-vagial skin and skin bacteria is assumed. Outside pregnancy, catheter specimen urine
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CA-YOLO: An Efficient YOLO-Based Algorithm with Context-Awareness and Attention Mechanism for Clue Cell Detection in Fluorescence Microscopy Images [PDF]
SensorsAutomatic detection of clue cells is crucial for rapid diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis (BV), but existing algorithms suffer from low sensitivity. This is because clue cells are highly similar to normal epithelial cells in terms of macroscopic size and ...
Can Cui, Xi Chen, Lijun He, Fan Li
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Determination of Prevalence and Clinical Significance of Detection of Micro-organisms in Pap Smear with Seasonal Variation [PDF]
National Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2017 Introduction: The most common problem in reproductive age group women is vaginitis. In the vaginal flora an extensive and diverse spectrum of pathogenic agents may be observed. The important infectious agents in vaginal flora are Bacterial Vaginosis (
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Comparison of Clinical and Gram Stain Diagnosis Methods of Bacterial Vaginosis Among Pregnant Women in Ethiopia [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2013 Background: Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) is characterized by an increased thin homogenous white vaginal discharge accompanied by fishy odour and increased vaginal pH. It is associated with different gynecologic and poor obstetric outcome.
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Exosomes: Tiny Clues for Mast Cell Communication [PDF]
Frontiers in Immunology, 2015 Intercellular communication is an essential bedrock in the maintenance and development of multicellular organisms. Conventional models of cellular exchange include transfer of secreted molecules and direct contact; only recently, exosomes have emerged as a new avenue for cell-to-cell communication.
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Infecção pelo papilomavírus humano durante a gravidez: relação com achados citológicos [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia, 2001 Objetivo: estudar um grupo de mulheres grávidas com infecção pelo papilomavírus humano (HPV), analisando a faixa etária, a idade gestacional, o número de gestações e os achados citológicos.
Eddie Fernando Candido Murta +3 more
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Pearling in cells: A clue to understanding cell shape [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1999 Gradual disruption of the actin cytoskeleton induces a series of structural shape changes in cells leading to a transformation of cylindrical cell extensions into a periodic chain of “pearls.” Quantitative measurements of the pearling instability give a square-root behavior for the wavelength as a function of drug concentration.
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