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A 26-year-old woman visits her physician with complaints of vaginal bleeding after sexual intercourse. She started menses at age 14 years and has 32-day cycles. She acknowledges having unprotected sex with multiple partners. Cytologic specimens are taken from the cervix and vagina. On microscopy, cervical cells have large nuclei with open chromatin; several cells have mitotic figures. What would most likely be present in the specimens that account for these findings?
(A) Double-stranded DNA virus
(B) Gram-negative diplococci
(C) Gram-positive cocci
(D) Single-stranded RNA
(E) Squamous cells covered with bacteria
A 26-year-old woman visits her physician with complaints of vaginal bleeding after sexual intercourse. She started menses at age 14 years and has 32-day cycles. She acknowledges having unprotected sex with multiple partners. Cytologic specimens are taken from the cervix and vagina. On microscopy, cervical cells have large nuclei with open chromatin; several cells have mitotic figures. What would most likely be present in the specimens that account for these findings?
(A) Double-stranded DNA virus
(B) Gram-negative diplococci
(C) Gram-positive cocci
(D) Single-stranded RNA
(E) Squamous cells covered with bacteria
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