Clinical and Morphological Diagnosis and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases - Yakimova T. P. 2007

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Vaginal discharge. Acute gonorrhea. In the purulent smear, a few neutrophilic granulocytes contain a significant number of Neisseria diplococci, which are abundant extracellularly. Methylene blue staining (x70)

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Fig. 6. Vaginal discharge. Acute Gonorrhea. A pus smear shows a few neutrophilic granulocytes containing a significant number of *Neisseria* diplococci, which are abundant extracellularly. Methylene blue stain (×70).



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