Case #3 Questions:

1. How would you diagnose vaginitis? 
2. How would you manage each of the following findings:
   1. Vaginal fluid pH of >4.5 and clue cells seen on microscopic examination of a wet mount . 
   2. A fishy odor of vaginal discharge before or after addition of 10% KOH (whiff test). 
   3. A wet mount with an organism moving in a zig-zag like pattern.
   4. The presence of pseudohyphae on KOH and pH of <4.5.

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