title: [Problems of epidemiology and diagnosis in the vaginal area. II. Measurement of vaginal pH values and its relation to vaginal diseases].
abstract: The authors divided a group of 600 women into 7 sub-groups based on the results of microscopic examination of native preparations, and using indicator papers of MERCK Co. (art. no. 9542) they assessed values of the vaginal pH. The highest values were recorded in a group of women with suppurative bacterial inflammations (mean pH 5.68) and the lowest ones in women with the finding of fungi (mean pH 5.0), cocobacillary flora without leucocytes (mean pII 4.39) and the normal physiological finding of Dörderlein's bacillus (mean pH 4.15). Values higher than 4.8 rule out the possibility of a normal finding in the vagina, lower values, however, do not rule it out entirely. Assessment of pH values in the vagina should be considered part of routine examinations of the vaginal environment.
authors.affiliation: I. gynek.-porod. klinika LF MU, Brno.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Unzeitig
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bucek
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Cupr
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vachek
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D014621:Vagina / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000382:microbiology; D014623:Vaginal Diseases / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000382:microbiology
vernacular_title: K otázce epidemiologie a diagnostiky posevního prostredí. II. Mĕrení hodnot posevního pH a jeho vztah k onemocnĕní pochvy.