BIOELECTRIC POTENTIAL MEASUREMENT OF ORAL CAVITY OF DENTAL PATIENTS

Abstract

Purpose: to study the microbiota of postmenopausal vagina both in women with genital prolapse and healthy women.Materials and methods: we examined 84 females (54 76 years old) including 20 healthy women (Group 1) and 64 patients with diagnosed genital prolapse requiring surgical correction (Group 2). Microscopic and bacteriological examinations of the microflora in posterior vaginal fornix were performed for all participants.Results: in Group 1 lactobacilli were revealed in the vagina in 10,0% of cases, in the second group these microorganisms are not found. In Groups 1 and 2 coagulase-negative staphylococci (70,0% 93,7%) and Corynebacterium spp. (30,0% 68,7%) are dominant among facultative anaerobic bacteria, with Eubacterium spp. prevailing (70,0% 84,4%) among nonclostridial anaerobes.Summary: we revealed vaginal flora patterns typical of postmenopausal women (healthy and patients with genital prolapse), which should be considered during correction of dysbiotic changes in the given biotope.

Keywords

• genital prolapse
• vaginal microbiota
• postmenopause