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*Very common. | *Very common. | ||
*Classically associated with ''Gardnerella vaginalis''.<ref name=pmid22082330>{{Cite journal | last1 = Polatti | first1 = F. | title = Bacterial vaginosis, Atopobium vaginae and nifuratel. | journal = Curr Clin Pharmacol | volume = 7 | issue = 1 | pages = 36-40 | month = Feb | year = 2012 | doi = | PMID = 22082330 }} | *Classically associated with ''Gardnerella vaginalis''.<ref name=pmid3493202>{{cite journal |author=Scott TG, Smyth CJ, Keane CT |title=In vitro adhesiveness and biotype of Gardnerella vaginalis strains in relation to the occurrence of clue cells in vaginal discharges |journal=Genitourinary medicine |volume=63 |issue=1 |pages=47–53 |year=1987 |month=February |pmid=3493202 |pmc=1194007 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name=pmid22082330>{{Cite journal | last1 = Polatti | first1 = F. | title = Bacterial vaginosis, Atopobium vaginae and nifuratel. | journal = Curr Clin Pharmacol | volume = 7 | issue = 1 | pages = 36-40 | month = Feb | year = 2012 | doi = | PMID = 22082330 }}</ref> | ||
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===Cytopathology=== | ===Cytopathology=== | ||
Features: | Features: | ||
*Clue | *Purple squamous cell; squamous cell covered with rod-shaped micro-organisms.. | ||
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Image: | |||
*[http://www.atsu.edu/faculty/chamberlain/Website/lectures/lecture/image/clue2.jpg Clue cell (atsu.edu)]. | |||
===Stains=== | |||
*Gram stain +ve/-ve. | |||
**''Gardnerella vaginalis'' is a gram variable rod.<ref name=pmid6399409>{{cite journal |author=Taylor-Robinson D |title=The bacteriology of Gardnerella vaginalis |journal=Scand J Urol Nephrol Suppl |volume=86 |issue= |pages=41–55 |year=1984 |pmid=6399409 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | |||
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