Determination of drug resistance of Lactobacillus acidophilus isolated from women's vaginal fluid has a history of abortion in Urmia

Abstract

Aim and Background: Lactobacilli are the most well-known natural vaginal flora that helps keep the vaginal acidic environment in the presence of hydrogen peroxide enzymes. Lactobacillus destroys pathogenic bacteria in the vagina through the production of hydrogen peroxide. Materials and Methods: Among the patients referring to the medical centers of Urmia, 250 women with abortion history who were between 25 and 30 years of age were selected based on a questionnaire and a clinical examination and a sample was taken from them. 250 samples were taken from the vaginal area using sterile swabs and the presence of Lactobacillus acidophilus was confirmed by whiff test and biochemical tests. Then, the drug resistance and sensitivity of Lactobacillus acidophilus to 9 antibiotics cotrimoxazole, vancomycin, ceftazidime, ampicillin, ciprofloxacin, streptomycin, ampicillin, piperacillin and colistin were studied. Results and Conclusion: from 250 samples, 238 samples (95.2%) had bacteria Lactobacillus acidophilus and in 12 samples (4.8%) bacteria were not observed. All abortion patients are sensitive to cotrimoxazole, piperacillin, and clostin antibiotics. Also, all samples were resistant to the antibiotics vancomycin, imipenem, ceftazidime, ciprofloxacin, streptomycin

Keywords

• drug resistance
• abortion
• lactobacillus acidophilus
• bacteriocin