title: [Biocenosis of vagina in women in light of microbiological examinations of vaginal content].
abstract: The study was aimed at microbiological evaluation of vaginal environment in 6810 women (19-75 years of age). Diagnostic procedure was applied according to accepted scheme, including basic and selected methods. Evaluation was performed by investigation of fresh (Miller's method) and fixed (Gram method) smears of vaginal content of pregnant women, women in childbirth and in women not pregnant, as well in the menopause and the old age. Microbiological pictures of vaginal content were classified according to modified procedure of Manu Af Heurlin. At the same time, cultures were carried on enriched and differentiating media in aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Microbiological investigations of vaginal content permitted for establishment of physiological status of vaginal environment or normal biocenosis of vagina in 3910 (57.4%) of tested patients. Disturbed biocenosis was present in 2900 (42.6%) of women and this included very serious disturbances of biocenosis in 1077 patients. In disturbed biocenosis of vagina, sexually transmissible microorganisms were main cause.
authors.affiliation: Instytut Połoznictwa i Chorób Kobiecych AM, Białymstoku.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuczyńska
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008593:Menopause / Q000502:physiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000502:physiology*; D012016:Reference Values; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology*; D014623:Vaginal Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D014626:Vaginal Smears
vernacular_title: Biocenoza pochwy kobiet w świetle mikrobiologicznych badań treści pochwowej.