[Prevalence of G. vaginalis, Mycoplasma, Ureaplasma, T. vaginalis, yeast, N. gonorrhoeae and other bacteria in women with vaginal discharge].

Vaginal discharge of 118 women attended to outdoor clinics of obstetrics and gynaecology at Medical Faculty of Ankara University (A.U.T.F.), have been examined. Direct microscopy has been made by means of wet mount, Gram and Giemsa staining. Vaginal pH has been measured, by 10% KOH the presence of "fishy odor" has been investigated. For culturing vaginal secretions in Amies transport medium have been brought to Microbiology Department of Ankara University, Faculty of Medicine Inoculations have been made on to Blood agar, MacConkey agar, Sabouraud Dextrose agar, New York City. Medium, % 5 Human blood bilayer Tween 80 Medium (HBT), Vivey Trichomonas Agar Medium and into M-broth and U9 broth. In this study, we have isolated 9 (7.62%) Gardnerella vaginalis, 41 (33.89%) Ureaplasma, 13 (11.01%) Mycoplasma, 25 (21.18%) yeasts, 4 (3.38%) Trichomonas vaginalis and 43 (36.46%) various bacteria, 26 cases were found to have polymicrobial etiology.