4.74.7Microscopy Epithelial cellsNormalNormalStudded with coccobacilli (clue cells)PMNIncreasedVariableNot increasedBacteriaGram+ve rodsGram +ve rodsGram-variable coccobacilliPathogensTrichomonadsYeasts or peudohyphaecoccobacilli and Short motile rodsAdopted from: Hovpt Er, Rein MF. Sexually transmitted diseases and obstetric and gynaecologic infections In: Reese RE,Betts RF. (eds) A practical approach to infectious diseases. 6th ed. Boston: Little Brown, 2003: 541-87.">