Descriptive Light and Electron Microscopy of Normal and Clue-Cell-Positive Discharge
作者:
W.I. van der Meijden,
H. Koerten,
W. van Mourik,
W.C. de Bruijn,
期刊:
Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation
(Karger Available online 1988)
卷期:
Volume 25,
issue 1
页码: 47-57
ISSN:0378-7346
年代: 1988
DOI:10.1159/000293745
出版商: S. Karger AG
关键词: Clue-cell-positive discharge;Trypan blue exclusion;Periodic acid-Schiff reaction;Bacterial adherence;Glycocalyx;Cationized ferritin
数据来源: Karger
摘要:
In women with clue-cell-positive discharge (CCPD), light-microscopical examination of the wet mount suggests a preference of bacteria for certain vaginal epithelial cells (VECs). To investigate this further, a light- and electron-microscopical study of patients and healthy controls was performed, with special emphasis on vitality and glycogen content of VECs and bacterial-epithelial cell interaction. Our study did not reveal morphologic differences between VECs of patients and controls. There was, however, a significant decrease in the percentages of vital and glycogen-containing VECs in CCPD (p < 0.001), probably caused by an overgrowth of (anaerobic) bacteria. In CCPD vaginal bacteria preferably colonize vital VECs. This could account for the relatively low percentage of clue cells in this condition.
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