Total 494 specimens obtained from uterine cervix were cultured at the Han Yang University Hospital from July, 1983 to July, 1985. Laboratory data were analyzed from the point of view of polymicrobial infection and the following results were obtained.
1. 309 specimens (60.5%) of the total 494 specimens reveals positive cultures. 80
(25.9%) of them had multiple isolates from a single specimen (Polymicrobial infec-
tion) and 229 (74.1%) had single isolates (Single microbial infection).
2. The distribution of organisms in polymicrobial infection were grain-negative
Bacilli 47.7%, gram-positive cocci 46.4%, candida 5.3%, and anaerobes 0.7%.
3. The frequently isolated organisms in polymicrobial infection were E. coli (29.8%),
coagulase (-) staphylococcus (21.9%), Enterococcus (16.6%), Klebsiella (10.6%),
and candida (5.3%).
4. The combination of organism in polymicrobial infection were Gram positive cocci
&. Gram negative bacilli (48.7%), both Gram negative bacilli (20.0%), both Gram
positive cocci (16.3%), candida&bacteria (13.7%) and anaerobes & Gram positive
bacilli (1.3%).
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