title: [Microbial ecology of the vagina].
abstract: In this review recent information on relationships between the vaginal environment and microflora, including new taxonomic groups of microorganisms, is updated. The role of normal microflora in formation of vaginal colonization resistance and possible participation of some representatives of normal microflora, mainly nonsporulating anaerobic organisms, in the development of perinatal, neonatal and gynecological infectious complications are considered.
authors.affiliation: State Medical University, Institute of Medico-Social Rehabilitology, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: L I
authors.initials: LI
authors.lastname: Kafarskaia
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Korshunova
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Efimov
authors.forename: N N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Volodin
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Korshunov
mesh_terms: D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005260:Female; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000254:growth & development; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000254:growth & development; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious; D014621:Vagina / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology*; D016585:Vaginosis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications