title: [Significance of clue cells in the diagnosis of male urogenital infection].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the significance of clue cells in the diagnosis of male urogenital infection.
  
  
  METHODS
  Urethra swabs or prostatic fluid of 264 male outpatients were collected and smeared directly on the slice to find clue cells under the ultramicroscopy. Meanwhile, the positive patients' spouses were detected for bacterial vaginosis (BV).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The positive rates of the urethra swabs and the prostatic fluid were 5.1% (11/215 ) and 2.0% (1/49), respectively. Nine cases in 11 of the patients' spouses (81.8%) were diagnosed as BV.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  BV pathogen can attack and attach to the epithelia of male genitals to form clue cells. Clue cells positive, along with clinical symptoms, contribute to the diagnosis of male urogenital bacterial infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory, Maternity and Child Care Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning, Guangxi 530003, China. n_sj58@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Shao-Juan
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Ni
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Shang-Yang
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: She
authors.forename: Ying-Feng
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000382:microbiology; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006194:Gardnerella vaginalis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019535:Mycoplasma hominis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011467:Prostate / Q000382:microbiology; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D018454:Spouses; D016990:Ureaplasma urealyticum / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014521:Urethra / Q000382:microbiology; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology