Question 215 · LEK · Bacterial vaginosis
Which of the following is characteristic of the vaginal discharge in a woman with bacterial vaginitis?
- A. pH < 4.5, yellow-greenish foamy discharge with clue cells present.
- B. pH < 4.5, grey or milky homogenous discharge with clue cells present.
- C. pH > 4.5, grey or milky homogenous discharge with clue cells present.
- D. pH > 4.5, white, clotty, serous discharge with clue cells present.
- E. pH < 4.5, white, clotty, serous discharge without any cells present.
Hint
Recall the Amsel criteria: think about the pH shift caused by loss of lactobacilli and the appearance of the discharge.
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