Complex vaginal flora in women with bacterial vaginosis
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Date
2010-01
Authors
Oduyebo, O.O.
Ogunsola, F.T.
Haruma, M.T.
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Publisher
Medical and dental consultants' association of nigeria
Abstract
Women attending a community clinic, the Cytology Clinic of a University Teaching
Hospital and a School of Nursingall in Lagos, Nigeria were investigated for their vaginal
flora by cultural techniques. Bacteria associated with and without bacterial vaginosis
were investigated qualitatively. Forty six different strains of bacteria were isolated some
of which were unidentifiable. While Arcanobacterium pyogenes was isolated only from
women with bacterial vaginosis, Gardnarella vagina/is was rarely isolated from them.
Arthrobacter spp., Cellulomonas spp. and Corynebacterium glucuronolyticum and some
unidentifiable organisms were isolated from women with and without BV. Cellulomonas
spp. was the most commonly isolated bacterium in women without BV. Other bacteria
found only in women without BV were Corynebacterium Group G, Brevibacterium spp.,
Corynebacterium ulcerans, and Oerskovia xanthineolytica. This study suggests that
women with bacterial vaginosis have complex vaginal flora with many previously
unidentified species and there is need for a large study to document the normal and
abnormal vaginal flora in this population.
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Periodic medical examination , Medical check up , Healthy adults , Kano , Nigeria
Citation
Oduyebo, O.O, Ogunsola, F.T. and Haruna, M.T. (2010). Complex Vaginal Flora in Women with Bacterial Vaginosis. Archives of Nigeria Medicine and Medical Science, 7:14-22.