title: Incidence of vaginal Weeksella virosa (formerly group IIf).
abstract: The antimicrobial susceptibilities, biochemical properties, and cultural characteristics of six strains of Weeksella virosa (formerly group IIf) were determined. The main characteristics of this non-fermentative organism were production of cytochrome oxidase, gelatinase, and indole, but a lack of saccharolytic activity. A study was then made of the isolation rates of Weeksella virosa from high vaginal swabs from 300 women: a healthy control group (n = 100), a general group with symptoms of vaginal infection (n = 100), and 100 women from a remand centre, where likelihood of exposure to sexually transmitted disease might be expected to be higher. The incidence of Weeksella virosa was found to be 2% in the first two groups. This suggests that, irrespective of the presence of pathogens, the incidence of the species in the general female population is around 2%. A much higher incidence (15%) was found in the third group, suggesting sexual transmission of the organism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, General Hospital, Cheshire, London.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mardy
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Holmes
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007612:Kanamycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009355:Neomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D014295:Trimethoprim / Q000494:pharmacology; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D007612:Kanamycin; D014295:Trimethoprim; D009355:Neomycin