10-18-2007, 07:20 AM
36) A previously healthy 21-year-old woman has a profuse, malodorous vaginal discharge. Examination shows a greenish gray "frothy" discharge with a "fishy" odor and petechial lesions on the cervix. There is no cervical motion tenderness. Her temperature is 37.5 C (99.4 F), blood pressure is 120/80 mm Hg, pulse is 60/min, and respirations are 16/min. Microscopic evaluation of the discharge is most likely to show which of the following?
A. "Clue cells"
B. Gram-negative diplococci
C. Gram-positive diplococci
D. Motile, flagellated organisms
E. Pseudohyphae or hyphae
A. "Clue cells"
B. Gram-negative diplococci
C. Gram-positive diplococci
D. Motile, flagellated organisms
E. Pseudohyphae or hyphae