Assessment of Vaginal Lactobacillary Flora in Wet Mount and Fresh or Delayed Gram's Stain

Objective: The assessment of the vaginal lactobacillary flora helps to direct further diagnostic microbiologic investigations in genital infectious disease and seems to represent a powerful tool in predicting infectious morbidity and preterm labor during pregnancy. In the absence of a “gold standard...

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Main Authors: Gilbert G. G. Donders, Annie Vereecken, Geert Salembier, Ben Van Bulck, Bernard Spitz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 1996-01-01
Series:Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S1064744996000026