vaginal flora

The bacteria may also belong to the vaginal flora.

Normally, about 95% of vaginal flora are lactobacillus bacteria.

Supports healthy vaginal flora to prevent irritation and infections.

In addition, race also influences vaginal flora.

Vaginal flora is influenced by a variety of factors including exogenous and endogenous influences.

Douching with soap and water disrupts the vaginal flora and might increase risk of infection.

HIV-1 infection associated with abnormal vaginal flora morphology and bacterial vaginosis.

Disturbance of the vaginal flora can lead to infections such as bacterial vaginosis or Candidiasis ("yeast infection").

Bacterial vaginosis and disturbances of vaginal flora: association with increased acquisition of HIV.

As a woman's estrogen levels decrease with menopause, her risk of urinary tract infections increases due to the loss of protective vaginal flora.

The practice is hypothesized to disrupt vaginal flora; vaginal symptoms may also lead a women to douche so the direction of effect is unclear.

The effect of tampon use on vaginal flora is debated, but application of tampons appears not to significantly modify the balance of bacterial presence.

Antibacterials can also affect the vaginal flora, and may lead to overgrowth of yeast species of the genus Candida in the vulvo-vaginal area.

S. saprophyticus, another coagulase-negative species that is part of the normal vaginal flora, is predominantly implicated in genitourinary tract infections in sexually active young women.

Spermicidal jellies and creams increase a woman's susceptibility to infection by altering vaginal flora, allowing candida (microorganisms that cause yeast infections) to take firmer hold.

Moreover, studies have found that sexual intercourse with a condom does appear to change lactobacilli levels, and does increase the level of Escherichia coli within the vaginal flora.

One of the most direct causes of BV is douching, which alters the vaginal flora and predisposes women to developing BV.

Generally, menstrual cups do not significantly affect the population of vaginal flora, including the bacteria responsible for bacterial vaginosis (including yeast infections) or urinary tract infections.

Due to their presence at illness related sites, the Synergistetes are suggested to be opportunistic pathogens but they can also be found in healthy individuals in the microbiome of the umbilicus and in normal vaginal flora.

There are many references to use of this bacterium in humans, especially in improving the vaginal flora, improving abdominal pain and bloating in Irritable Bowel Syndrome patients and increasing immune response to viral challenges.

However, not all PID is caused solely by STIs; organisms that are considered normal vaginal flora can be involved, and individual cases of PID can be due to either a single organism or a co-infection of many different species.