Thirty-three women with severe infections of the genital tract were studied with the use of
fastidious anaerobic techniques. The cases consisted of pelvic abscesses (13), septic …

Anaerobic bacterial organisms are a frequent cause of female genital tract infections. There
has been a lack of appreciation of the significant role anaerobes play in obstetric and …

The bacteriology of infections of the female genital tract in 91 hospitalized patients was
investigated. Anaerobic bacteria were the predominant organisms isolated in 75% of cases …

Although nonsporulating anaerobes were isolated from suppurative lesions of the female
genital tract almost eight decades ago, only in recent years have these organisms become …

Samples from the posterior vaginal fornix of 102 women with various clinical conditions were
analysed by a quantitative method. Aerobes were isolated from all but one of the specimens …

Although anaerobic bacteria are being reported more frequently as causes of pelvic
infections, few investigators have carefully studied these organisms in the normal female …

Vaginal cultures from 25 healthy girls from two months to 15 years of age were examined for
aerobic, facultatively anaerobic, and obligately anaerobic bacteria. An average of 8.7 …

Findings from the study of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria in intra-abdominal infections from
339 specimens of the peritoneal cavity after intestinal perforation, 83 specimens from …

Bacteriologic cultures were obtained from the eervix in 30 healthy women. Special care was
taken to recover anaerobic microorganisms by using prereduced media and oxygen-free …

The bacteriology of acute pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) was studied in 20 patients by
simultaneous cul-de-sac, cervical, and blood cultures with aerobic and fastidious anaerobic …