DETECTION OF PATHOGENIC BACTERIA AND MIXEDINFECTIONS WITH YEASTS WHICH CAUSE VAGINITIS AND IT’SRELATIONSHIP WITH THE AGE IN IRAQI WOMEN

Bushra  Mohamed; Amina   AL. Thwani

doi:10.24996/ijs.2010.51.4.%g

Authors

Bushra Mohamed Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Institute for Postgraduate Studies,University of Baghdad, Baghdad-Iraq.
Amina AL. Thwani Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Institute for Postgraduate Studies,University of Baghdad, Baghdad-Iraq

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24996/ijs.2010.51.4.%25g

Keywords:

DETECTION, MIXEDINFECTIONS

Abstract

This study aims to isolate the bacterial pathogens and mixed infections with
yeasts which cause vaginitis in Iraqi women and it’s relationship with the age .The
result revealed that the bacterial pathogens which isolated from genital tract
identified as: Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Gardnerella viginals
,Klebsiella oxytoca ,Staphylococcus aureus and Proteus mirabilis. The results of
bacterial susceptibility tests showed that all isolates were resistant to Cefalexin,
Tetracycline, Streptomycin and Rifampicin, as well as, all isolates were sensitive to
Chloramphenicol, but these were different in sensitivity for other antibiotics. The
results of mixed infection of bacteria with yeasts revealed that Candida albicans
was co-existing with S.aureus in 14 vaginal swabs, E.coli in 6 vaginal swabs and
with two swabs of each Proteus mirabilis and K.oxytoca, while no mixed infection
was observed neither with P. aeruginosa nor with G. viginals and the results of the
relationship of bacterial vaginitis with the age showed that incidence of infection
was high among females age group( 40-67 years).