Isolation of Anaerobes in Bacterial Vaginosis

Isolation of Anaerobes in Bacterial Vaginosis

Anaerobic bacteria causing Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) have been linked to a wide variety of upper genital tract infections, particularly in child bearing age. The aim of the study is to know the prevalence of anaerobic organisms in vaginal discharge of women with bacterial vaginosis attending STI clinic at a tertiary care hospital. The material for the study includes vaginal discharge specimens c...

Anaerobes in bacterial vaginosis.

Four hundred high vaginal swabs were taken from patients attending gynaecology and obstetrics department of Govt. medical college, Amritsar. The patients were divided into four groups i.e. women in pregnancy (Group I), in labour/post partum (Group II), with abnormal vaginal discharge or bacterial vaginosis (Group III) and asymptomatic women as control (Group IV). Anaerobic culture of vaginal sw...

Anaerobes and Bacterial Vaginosis in Pregnancy: Virulence Factors Contributing to Vaginal Colonisation

The aetiology and pathogenesis of bacterial vaginosis (BV) is unclear but it appears to be associated with factors that disrupt the normal acidity of the vagina thus altering the equilibrium between the normal vaginal microbiota. BV has serious implications for female morbidity, including reports of pelvic inflammatory disease, adverse pregnancy outcomes, increased susceptibility to sexually tr...

Quantitative analysis of initial adhesion of bacterial vaginosis-associated anaerobes to ME-180 cells.

Bacterial vaginosis is the leading vaginal disorder but the transition from health to this dysbiotic condition remains poorly characterized. Our goal was to quantify the ability of BV-associated anaerobes to adhere to epithelial cells in the presence of lactobacilli. Gardnerella vaginalis outcompeted Lactobacillus crispatus and Lactobacillus iners actually enhanced its adherence.

[Bacterial vaginosis].