Cervical Cytology of Samples with Ureaplasma urealyticum, Ureaplasma parvum, Chlamydia trachomatis, Trichomonas vaginalis, Mycoplasma hominis, and Neisseria gonorrhoeae Detected by Multiplex PCR

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Cervical cytology of samples in which Ureaplasma parvum (a, b), Ureaplasma urealyticum (c, d), Chlamydia trachomatis (e, f), and Trichomonas vaginalis (g, h) were the sole detected pathogen by multiplex PCR. Numerous polymorphonuclear leukocytes isolated and in aggregates (“polyballs”) (a–h). Normal microbiota (lactobacilli) in (b, d, f) (bottom right corner). (h) Pear-shaped organism with eccentrically located nucleus and eosinophilic cytoplasmic granules, consistent with Trichomonas vaginalis (orange arrow in upper right corner) and HSIL (yellow arrow). Papanicolaou: (a) 200x; (c, g) 100x; (b, d, f, h) 400x; (e) 40x; (bottom right corner) 1000x. (a–d, g, h) Liquid-based; (e, f) conventional cytology.

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