State Medical University, Institute of Medico-Social Rehabilitology, Moscow, Russia
In this review recent information on relationships between the vaginal environment and microflora, including new taxonomic groups of microorganisms, is updated. The role of normal microflora in formation of vaginal colonization resistance and possible participation of some representatives of normal microflora, mainly nonsporulating anaerobic organisms, in the development of perinatal, neonatal and gynecological infectious complications are considered.
Zh. Mikrobiol. (Moscow), 2002, No. 6, P. 91—99