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Quantitative microbiology of human vulva
Author(s) -
ALY RAZA,
BRITZ MARIE B.,
MAIBACH HOWARD I.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1979.tb00024.x
Subject(s) - vulva , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , dermatology , biology
SUMMARY The microbial flora of the vulva is described and compared with the flora of the forearm by utilizing the detergent scrub method. Microbial counts were higher on the vulva (2.8 x 10 6 /cm 2 ) than on the forearm (6.4 x 10 2 /cm 2 ). Lipophilic diphtheroids, coagulase negative staphylococci, micrococci, non‐lipophilic diphtheroids and lactobacilli formed the dominant flora of the vulva. Streptococci, Gram negative rods and yeasts were also noted. The highest incidence of S. aureus was noted on the vulva (67%) followed by perianal (30%), nose (30%), and the foream (11%).