Beatrice Ngozi Anyanwu

The Vaginal Bacteria Flora in Pregnant and Non-Pregnant Women

The bacterial flora of the vagina was assessed in healthy Nigerian women (twenty pregnant and twenty-four non-pregnant women). They all harboured many types of microorganisms in their vagina. The mean number of microbial types isolated was five for the pregnant and three for the non-pregnant women. Staphylococcus was detected in 18 of the pregnant ...