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==Gram-Stained Vaginal Smear==

Gram-stained vaginal smear showing mixtures ''Lactobacillus crispatus'' and non-''Lactobacillus crispatus'' cell types.
* grade I microflora (suggested new grade 1ab)
* microscopic image (100×)


{{histology vaginal smear}}

===Microflora Grade===
* '''Grade I''' - when only Lactobacillus cell types (large Gram positive rods) were present.
* '''Grade II''' - (intermediate) when both Lactobacillus and Gardnerella or Bacteroides-Prevotella cell types were present.
* '''Grade III''' - (bacterial vaginosis) when Lactobacillus cell types were absent and only Gardnerella, Bacteroides-Prevotella or Mobiluncus cell types were present.
* '''Grade IV''' - when Gram positive cocci were predominantly present.

===Reference===

<pubmed>16225680</pubmed>| [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1266370 PMC1266370] | [http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/5/61 BMC Microbiol.]


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Original file name: [http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/5/61/figure/F1 Figure 1.] (Panel E from full figure, size and contrast adjusted)

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