title: Normal vaginal aerobic and anaerobic bacterial flora of the rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta).
abstract: The most common bacterial species isolated from the vaginas of 37 healthy rhesus macaques were Streptococcus viridans, coagulase negative Staphylococcus, Mobiluncus curtisii ss. curtisii, Corynebacterium renale-like organisms, Peptostreptococcus anaerobius, Gardnerella-like organisms, and other Corynebacterium species. The vaginal flora of the rhesus macaque differs from that previously reported for five other primate species. A two-year retrospective review of clinical cases of vaginitis and metritis found Escherichia coli and coagulase positive Staphylococci to be the most common pathogens isolated.
authors.affiliation: California Primate Research Center, University of California, Davis 95616.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Doyle
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Hillier
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001420:Bacteria, Aerobic / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D004716:Endometritis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D012016:Reference Values; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology*; D014627:Vaginitis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary