The Wet Mount and Gram Stain of Vaginal Secretions from a Patient

Multiple Choice

The wet mount and Gram stain of vaginal secretions from a patient who has bacterial vaginosis caused by Gardnerella vaginalis will reveal large:

A) squamous epithelial cells with numerous attached pleomorphic gram-variable or gram-negative coccobacilli and rods.
B) numbers of large gram-positive rods.
C) numbers of polymorphonuclear leukocytes.
D) pleomorphic gram-negative rods with many leukocytes.