The pathogenic microorganisms in papanicolaou vaginal smears and correlation with inflammation. [PDF]
J Family Reprod Health, 2013 Objective: Non-specific cervicitis or inflammatory changes in a smear report are common which are usually unclear for clinical approaches. To investigate the frequency of inflammation and pathogenic vaginal microorganisms in cervical smears among an ...
Barouti E +4 more
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Vaginal cytology in the queen: clinical and cytological correlations. [PDF]
J Feline Med SurgObjectives The aim of this study was to characterise vaginal cytological patterns and standardise its interpretation in female cats. Vaginal cytology has a broadly recognised value for oestrous cycle staging because of the responsiveness of the vaginal ...
Pereira M, Campana F, Romagnoli S.
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A novel microscopic method for analyzing gram-stained vaginal smears in the diagnosis of disorders of vaginal microflora [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2015 Background/Aim. The Nugent’s score is still the gold standard in the great majority of studies dealing with the assessment of vaginal flora and the diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis (BV).
Nenadić Dane B. +2 more
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Bacterial vaginosis in microscopic examination of Pap smears in patients with high-risk HPV is associated with viral persistence and cytological progression in a longitudinal study. [PDF]
Infect Agent CancerBackground The vaginal microbiome is increasingly studied using sequencing approaches; however, the exact bacterial community structure in vaginal diseases, e.g. bacterial vaginosis (BV), remains unclear.
Linz L, Zachau N, Spieth S, Finzer P.
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Investigation of immunoperoxidase technique in smears prepared from vaginal secretions in use of early diagnosis of listerial abortions in cattle [PDF]
Kafkas Universitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi, 2013 Listeriosis is a sporadic disease of ruminants that causes meningoencephalitis, septicemia and abortion. In this study, the usefulness of immunoperoxidase technique was investigated in early diagnosis of cattle listerial abortions.
DAG S +6 more
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Parasitic infections encountered by a cytopathologist: An institutional experience
Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2022 Background: Parasitic infections are one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Cytological examination can be of great help in providing economical, accurate, and fast diagnosis.
Pooja Jaiswal +5 more
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Incidental detection of psammoma bodies in cervico-vaginal smears.
J Cytol, 2013 Seth A, Gupta K, Mathur A, Pant L.
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Effects of Different Contraceptive Methods on Cervico-Vaginal Cytology [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017 Introduction: The vaginal flora of healthy adult women of reproductive age group constitutes predominantly Lactobacilli which inhibits the growth of other microorganisms (by maintaining acidic pH).
Khushboo Garg +4 more
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Diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis: Comparison of Nugent´s and novel microscopic method [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2022 Background/Aim. Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a common cause of vaginal discomfort in women. The aim of this study was to compare Nugent’s scoring system and novel microscopy method, introduced in our laboratory and used in BV diagnosis. Methods.
Nenadić Dane +3 more
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Relationship between nugent score and vaginal epithelial exfoliation. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Clue cells characteristic of bacterial vaginosis (BV) are thought to arise due to exfoliation of the vaginal epithelium; however, there is little published data connecting total numbers of epithelial cells to markers of BV.
Courtney P Amegashie +5 more
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