Bacterial flora of vagina and cervix in normal pregnancy.

Pelvic infection in females often occur as a result of colonization by a variety of bacteria On the vaginal and cervical epithelium. The type of organisms present in the vagina depends on pH and the enzymes in the vaginal secretions. Therefore, knowledge of the bacterial inhabitants of the vagina and cervix during pregnancy is important and could be of value in assessing the pathogenesis of several clinical entities, like premature rupture of the membrane. puerperal fever or intrapartum or neonatal infections via upper respiratory tracts or the umbilical cord. Therefore, this study was undertaken to determine the pattern of bacterial flora of the vagina and cervix in pregnant women.