title: [Healthy carriers].
abstract: The vaginal cavity is normally colonized by numerous strains, all "opportunist". Bacteriological tests are therefore unnecessary in most cases and they could not be negative. If it is good to know which conditions keep vaginal germs in a quiescent state, it is especially important not to mistake a normal colonization for a vaginitis and run the risk of disturbing the ecological balance with an unnecessary and dangerous treatment.
authors.affiliation: Clinique de Gynécologie-Obstétrique et de la Reproduction Humaine, CHU, Clémenceau, Caen.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Levy
mesh_terms: D002353:Carrier State; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014621:Vagina / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology*; D014623:Vaginal Diseases / Q000382:microbiology
vernacular_title: Les porteuses saines.