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Praktikum Sistem Reproduksi
Praktikum Sistem Reproduksi
for
REPRODUCTION
VAGINAL DISCHARGE
What have you brought back for me from the New World?
Sites for taking specimen for vaginal discharge
Normal Vaginal cells
Clue Cells
Gardnerella vaginalis
Yeast (Direct smear)
Yeast (Gram)
Candidiasis
Candida albicans (85%)
C. stellatoidea, C. tropicalis,
C. krusei, Torulopsis glabrata
Sexually-associated disease
Profuse, offensive,
greenish-yellow,
frothy vaginal
discharge
Vulvar irritation
Some normal /
minimal
symptoms
Strawberry cervix
Diagnostic guidelines
Trichomoniasis Presumptive Definitive diagnosis
diagnosis
Flagellated
Saline wet mount trichomonad
Giemsa stain
Chlamydial cervicitis
Chlamydia trachomatis
Majority asymptomatic
IP unknown
Mucopurulent discharge
with inflamed cervix
Investigations
1. Antigen detection (DIF)
2. Culture
Endocervical endothelium