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Protocols for Vaginal Inoculation and Sample Collection in the Experimental Mouse Model of Candida vaginitis
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[Role of cytologic examination of smears in vulvovaginal candidiasis]
Arkhiv Patologii
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
Cytological examination allows one to reveal various forms of the fungus vegetation in the host, the fungus-epitheliocyte interaction to evaluate morphological state of the epithelium. The method in combination with clinical symptoms allows one to establish a differential diagnosis of genital candidiasis in 87.8% cases and to have an opinion of the disease prognosis.
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