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

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Chlamydial infection in squamous epithelium. Smear from the buccal surface of the oral cavity. Large reticular Prowazek-Halberstaedter bodies visible as rounded inclusions of various sizes in the cytoplasm and on the nuclei of superficial epitheliocytes in the form of a "cardinal's cap". Pappenheim staining (x630)

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Fig. 32. Chlamydial infection in squamous epithelium. A smear from the buccal mucosa. Large reticular Prowazek-Halberstaedter bodies appear as rounded inclusions of various sizes in the Cytoplasm and over the nuclei of superficial epithelial Cells, resembling a "cardinal's cap". Pappenheim stain (x630).



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