… ) smears exhibiting pseudomycilial-like clumps of organisms obtained from 35 women
employing IUD's were studied by direct immunofluorescent technique for identification of A. israelii …

… method is helpful in identifiying Actinomyces. However, there is … to confirm the diagnosis of
Actinomyces-like organisms (ALOs) … identification of genital Actinomyces in routine cytology …

… Specific culturing for AI or cytological screening of Pap smears, in addition, were required
to increase the isolation rate to nearly 90%. The data in this paper support the view that IUCDs …

… are usually soil dwelling bacteria, for example, Actinomyces israelii can be detected in
decaying … Better detection of pelvic actinomycosis can be performed by cytology compared with …

… detection of Actinomyces in genital samples. Thus, we sought to evaluate the efficacy of PCR
techniques in the detection of Actinomyces … transported to the Cytology Laboratory. Before …

… The hope is that prompt identification of Actinomyces in cervicovaginal smears can help
to prevent the more serious infectious complications in … The cytologic diagnosis was confirmed …

… Cytological examination The cytological examinations were … Two smears from each person
were taken for cytological … been detected in documented cases of genital actinomycosis …

… cytology, taken from seven patients at the same time as cervical smears were taken for
actinomyces detection… predicting the possible presence of actinomyces. Routine microbiological …

… Dysplastic/malignant findings were not observed as a result of exfoliative cytology. Under
a … A nested PCR and DNA sequencing were carried out to detect A. israelii. The …

… Diagnostic work-up included microbiological and cytological … sensitive and specific
identification of Actinomyces species.5 It is … In summary, Actinomyces should be considered in the …