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[Microbiological investigation of the vaginal flora during pregnancy]
M Todorova1, S Buzalov, S Stoianov
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tracian University, Medical Faculty-Stara Zagora.
Abstract:
The infections complications during pregnancy and delivery are jet unsolved problem in obstetrics and neonatology. Most of them are due to anaerobic and aerobic organisms. The authors show the rate and distribution of the bacterial vaginal infections during pregnancy. 1330 pregnant women are investigated, 10% of them are with normal vaginal flora, 27% anaerobic organisms, 15% aerobic organisms, then Candida albicans and Gardnerella vaginalis. Those results are seen most frequently during the last trimester of pregnancy, which leads to the complications in delivery and postpartum.