R1 zitogine-BAMBOO

BAMBOo

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS

Microorganisms

Symptoms

CANDIDIASIS

Candida albicans/glabrata

Symptoms

TRICHOMONIASIS

Trichomona vaginalis

Symptoms

BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS

Symptoms

GONOCOCCAL INFECTIONS

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Symptoms

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS

Symptoms

ACTINOMYCOSIS

Actinomyces

Symptoms

HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS

Symptoms

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS

Macroscopy

• Redness
• Swelling
• A thick, whitish discharge
• Lesions or spots

Cytologic smear

• Spores
• Hyphae

• Enlarged nuclei
• Perinuclear halo

• Eosinophilia
• Increased cell folding
• Shish kebab

Macroscopy

• Erythema
• Swelling
• A thick, yellowish purulent discharge
• Formation of abscesses or fistulas

Cytologic smear

• Actinomyces filaments (cotton wool)
• Inflammatory cells

Macroscopy

• Erythema
• Serous discharge
• Absence of significant lessions

Cytologic smear

• Large round or oval intranuclear inclusion, surrounded by a thin perinuclear halo.

Macroscopy

• Erythema
• Vesicles
• Ulcerations
• Serous or purulen discharge

Cytologic smear

• Cell size increased
• Degenerative vacuoles

• Multinucleation
• Nuclear molding

• Frosted glass nuclei
• PMNs
• Hyperchromasia of the nuclear membrane

Macroscopy

• Erythema (red and inflamed)
• A thin, grayish-white discharge
• Absence of significant lesions

Cytologic smear

• Cocci
• Clue cells

• Cytolysis
• Naked nuclei

Macroscopy

• Erythema
• Edema
• Yellow-green discharge
• Strawberry cervix (small red spots)

Cytologic smear

• Trichomonas
• PMNs
• Hyperchromasia
• Enlarged nuclei

• Perinuclear halo
• Foamy mucus
• Moth eaten cells

Macroscopy

• Erythema
• Swelling
• Mucopurulent discharge

Cytologic smear

• Moth eaten cells

• Enlarged nuclei
• Multinucleation
• Vacuoles in the cytoplasm

Macroscopy

• Erythema
• Swelling
• A thick, yellowish-green purulen discharge

Cytologic smear

• Inflammatory cells
• Gonococci