Microbial ecology of the vagina
Kafarskaia, L.I.; Korshunova, O.V.; Efimov, B.A.; Volodin, N.N.; Korshunov, V.M.
Zhurnal Mikrobiologii Epidemiologii i Immunobiologii 6: 91-99
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0372-9311 PMID: 12506639 Document Number: 550008
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.