Chapter 124. Sexually Transmitted Infections: Overview and Clinical Approach (Part 12) Figure 124-5 Gram's stain of cervical mucus, showing a strand of cervical mucus containing many polymorphonuclear leukocytes. This picture is typical of mucopurulent cervicitis. Note that leukocytes are not seen in areas of the slide containing vaginal epithelial cells, adjacent to the mucus strands. Mucopurulent Cervicitis: Treatment Although the above criteria for MPC are neither highly specific nor highly predictive of gonococcal or chlamydial infection in some settings, the 2006 CDC guidelines call for consideration of empirical treatment for MPC, pending test results, in certain patients. Treatment with antibiotics active against C. trachomatis should.
