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Table 1 Criteria diagnosis of aerobic vaginitis by Donders’ score

From: Characteristics of aerobic vaginitis among women in Xi’an district: a hospital-based study

AV score

lactobacillary grade

Number of leukocytes

Proportion of toxic leukocytes

Background flora

Proportion of parabasal epithelial cells

0

I and IIa

≤10/hpf

None or sporadic

Unremarkable or cytolysis

None or < 1%

1

IIb

> 10/hpf and ≤ 10/epithelial cell

≤50% of leukocytes

Small bacilli

≤10%

2

III

> 10/epithelial cell

> 50% of leukocytes

Cocci or chains

> 10%

  1. hpf high power field (400× magnification)
  2. A composite score of 1–2 represented normality. A score of 3–4 corresponded to slight aerobic vaginitis, a score of 5–6, moderate vaginitis, and a score above 6 (to max 10), severe aerobic vaginitis. In practice, a score of 8–10 was usually the same as so-called desquamative vaginitis, the most extreme form of aerobic vaginitis