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

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Cervical smear. Mixed infection. Superficial epithelial cells with chlamydial inclusions are visible on the left and top.

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Fig. 36. Cervical smear. Mixed infection. Superficial epithelial Cells with chlamydial inclusions are visible on the left and top. A Cell with hydropic degeneration is at the bottom. To the left of the hydropic cell, as well as in the upper and lower right corners, are koilocytes—cells affected by the human papillomavirus. Right of the center is a cell with basophilic Cytoplasm and a dark blue cytoplasmic rim, characteristic of Herpes simplex virus infection at the early stage of transformation. Pappenheim stain (x630).



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