Case 135. Chlamydia trachomatis cervicitis (26 y-o F)

       
 
Cervical smear from a sexually active woman discharging fluor
 
       

 

  Pre-embedding immunoelectron micrograph demonstrating Chlamydia trachomatis antigen on the microbial particles in the nevular inclusion body in the same cell. The morphology of the microbes is relatively well preserved, even in paraffin sections or alcohol-fixed cytology specimens. Bar = 2 μm.