Abstract: Summarizing our present knowledge of the vaginal bacteria, it seems clear that in the adult a mixed flora of organisms is the rule. Most commonly, we find various Micrococci (usually Staphylococci) but Lactobacilli and Enterobacteria are also common, with Streptococci occurring sometimes. The Schroeder14 classification does not seem to apply to our study groups, as we simply do not find these Class I types. Healthy women, free of symptoms, who show on examination no evidence of disease, will demonstrate in culture a variety of organisms. Generally speaking, however, these individuals maintain a vaginal pH of the order of 4.5. This fact appears to be true also during pregnancy. A significant feature of our study is that women who show alteration from the norm, whether in symptoms or signs, also yield on culture one or both of the organisms Trichomonas vaginalis and Monilia. No cases of either Hemophilus vaginitis or so-called "non-specific vaginitis" occurred.
Publication Year: 1965
Publication Date: 1965-04-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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