Bacterial Vaginosis

The term, Bacterial vaginosis was coined to describe abnormal bacterial flora of the vagina characterized by an overgrowth of anaerobic bacteria and G.vaginalis with a marked decrease in the presence of Lactobacillus. The term was chosen to replace nonspecific vaginitis, with the suffix -osis specifically chosen to indicate the absence of an inflammatory reaction that is the presence of neutrophils. BV is defined as abnormal microflora of the vagina characterized by significant reduction of the dominant bacterium. Lactobacillus to extremely low levels, fewer than 10,000 col/ml of vaginal fluid and marked increase in the anaerobic bacterial population and associated with this change is an increased colonization of G.vaginalis. Clinically and microscopically BV is defined as follows: vaginal pH>4.5, the liberation of amines ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 4 Number 6 (2015) pp. 530-538 http://www.ijcmas.com