The Vaginal Bacteria Flora in Pregnant and Non-Pregnant Women
1 DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA NSUKKA
* Corresponding author: beatricengozianyanwu@nsmjournal.org.ng
* Corresponding author: beatricengozianyanwu@nsmjournal.org.ng
Abstract
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 women and 16 of the non-pregnant women. Amongst the anaerobes Peptostreptococcus was isolated in 14 of the pregnant women and 6 of the non-pregnant women. Lactobacilli in 7 and 12 respectively. Bacteroides was not isolated from the vagina of pregnant women but from 50% of the vaginal swabs obtained from the non-pregnant women.",
Keywords
vagina
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How to Cite
Anyanwu, B. N., & Chiedozie, F. O. (1982). The Vaginal Bacteria Flora in Pregnant and Non-Pregnant Women. Nigerian Journal of Microbiology, 2(2), 141-146. https://doi.org/10.67614/njm.1982.ks37prxl
B. N. Anyanwu, and F. O. Chiedozie, "The Vaginal Bacteria Flora in Pregnant and Non-Pregnant Women," Nigerian Journal of Microbiology, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 141-146, December 1982. doi: 10.67614/njm.1982.ks37prxl
