Streptococcus agalactiae: a vaginal pathogen?
| Autor: | A. N. Maniatis, J. Palermos, Maria Kantzanou, N. A. Maniatis, C. Christodoulou, Nicholas J. Legakis |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Microbiology (medical) Serotype Adolescent Trichomonas medicine.disease_cause Microbiology Streptococcus agalactiae Vaginal disease Streptococcal Infections medicine Humans Gardnerella vaginalis Serotyping Pathogen Vaginitis biology Vaginosis Bacterial General Medicine Middle Aged Streptococcaceae biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Evaluation Studies as Topic Female |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Medical Microbiology. 44:199-202 |
| ISSN: | 1473-5644 0022-2615 |
| DOI: | 10.1099/00222615-44-3-199 |
| Popis: | The significance of Streptococcus agalactiae as an aetiological agent in vaginitis was evaluated. A total of 6226 samples from women who presented with vaginal symptoms was examined. The presence of >10 leucocytes/high-power field (h.p.f.) was taken to be the criterion of active infection. S. agalactiae was isolated from 10.1% of these samples. The isolation rates of other common pathogens such as Candida spp., Gardnerella vaginalis and Trichomonas spp. were 54.1%, 27.2% and 4.2%, respectively, in the same group of patients. In contrast, the isolation rates of these micro-organisms in the group of patients who had no infection ( |
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