[Significance of clue cells in the diagnosis of male urogenital infection].
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.
Ni
Shao-Juan
SJ
Department of Laboratory, Maternity and Child Care Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning, Guangxi 530003, China. n_sj58@yahoo.com.cn
Huang
Lin
L
She
Shang-Yang
SY
Li
Ying-Feng
YF
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