Wet Mount (Normal)

Wet Mount (Normal)

Wet mount examination using saline shows large, nucleated vaginal squamous epithelial cells; small bacteria that are barely visible; and intermediate-sized white blood cells. Magnification is 400X.

By permission of the publisher. From Hillier S. In Atlas of Infectious Diseases: Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Edited by G Mandell (series editor) and MF Rein. Philadelphia, Current Medicine, 1996.