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Anaerobic Flora of the Female Genital Tract

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Early investigators realized that knowledge of the endogenous flora of the lower genital tract was basic to an understanding of obstetric and gynecologic infectious diseases. They surmised that alterations of the normal flora state might produce local infections such as vaginitis, and later it became apparent that certain organisms in the flora could produce ascending infections involving the upper genital tract. Today the importance of the endogenous flora as a source of genital tract infections is widely recognized.

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  1. Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA

    Gale B. Hill

  2. Department of Microbiology/Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA

    Gale B. Hill

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  1. Department of Microbiology College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, USA

    Dwight W. Lambe Jr. Ph.D. (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

  2. Department of Oral Biology, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA

    Robert J. Genco D.D.S, Ph.D. (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

  3. East Tenessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, USA

    K. J. Mayberry-Carson

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Hill, G.B. (1980). Anaerobic Flora of the Female Genital Tract. In: Lambe, D.W., Genco, R.J., Mayberry-Carson, K.J. (eds) Anaerobic Bacteria. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3159-9_5

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