Title: A study of the microbiological flora of the vagina
Abstract: N ONSPECIFIC vaginitis is a term which is used to classify the vaginitides that have no obvious etiological agent such as trichomonads, fungi, or bacteria. In order to understand more thoroughly the connotations of this classification, it was deemed necessary to investigate the microbiological flora not only in the infected vagina but also in the normal vagina. There have been numerous studies of vaginal flora. These studies indicate that the following groups of organisms should be tested for in a study of this nature : lactobacilIi, diphtheroids, streptococci, micrococci, baeteroides, pleuropneumonia-like organisms, acid-fast organisms, trichomonads, fungi, neisseriae, and enterobacteria, For a more complete understanding it appeared that a quantitative, as well as a qualitative, study of the microbiological flora was necessary. This is especially true since recent workers have indicated that synergy occurs among bacteria. It was believed that actual counts of microorganisms in the vaginal flora would adapt themselves to statistical analysis and thus would yield specific information as to the cause or causes of nonspecific vaginitis.
Publication Year: 1958
Publication Date: 1958-04-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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