Site-Specific Prevalence and Cell Densities of Selected Microbes in the Lower Reproductive Tract of Menstruating Tampon Users

Abstract

Objective: To assess differences in prevalence and cell densities of enterococci, Gram negative enterics (GNEs), yeast and Staphylococcus aureus among four genital sites and to examine whether the presence of organisms at one site affected the presence of organisms at other sites.