A health care provider who suspects that a woman may have vaginitis caused by Candida infection can confirm that by

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To confirm Candida infection as the cause of vaginitis, pseudohyphae can be identified in a Gram-stained smear examined using a light microscope. This is because Candida cells can form pseudohyphae, which are elongated cells that can bud to produce further yeasts. Plating a sample of the discharge on a medium containing salt as a selective agent (choice A), identifying the characteristic protozoans in a smear examined using a fluorescence microscope (choice C), submitting a sample of the discharge for PCR amplification (choice D), and submitting a sample of the discharge for metagenomic sequencing (choice E) are not appropriate or necessary methods for confirming a Candida infection.

A Health Care Provider Who Suspects That a Woman May