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The bacterial flora of the normal canine vagina compared with that of vaginal exudates
Author(s) -
Hirsh Dwight C.,
Wiger Nina
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1977.tb05820.x
Subject(s) - vaginal flora , flora (microbiology) , microbiology and biotechnology , vagina , vaginitis , medicine , staphylococcus aureus , streptococcus , mycoplasma , viridans streptococci , staphylococcus , bacteria , biology , gynecology , surgery , genetics
The aerobic bacterial flora (excluding Mycoplasma spp.) of the vagina of sixty‐two clinically normal bitches was determined and the species most frequently isolated, in decreasing order, were: Escherichia colt , Streptococcus ‘viridans’, Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus cards . From the vaginal exudates of seventy‐two bitches with vaginitis, the order of frequency was: E. coli , Strep, canis and Staph. aureus . The only consistent difference between the bacterial flora from the two sources was the relatively higher numbers of bacteria in the vaginal exudates.