Frequency of vaginitis and isolated aerobic bacteria in reproductive age group

Aim: to find out frequency of vaginitis and isolated aerobic bacteria in reproductive age group methods: this cross sectional study was conducted at department of microbiology qmc,bahawalpur from january 2013 to december 2013. high vaginal swabs were collected from 125 women with clinical suspicion of vaginitis. gram' staining was done and then inoculated on blood agar,chocolate agar and macconkey agar and incubated aerobically at 37°c for 24 hours. organisms were then identified. results: the frequency of aerobic vaginitis in this study was 51(40.8%) and the most common age group affected was between 2630 years i.e.,57.5%. out of the 51 positive cases,42 samples yielded monobacterial growth and 9 cases polybacterial growth. the most common organism isolated was enterococcus faecalis (30%),followed by e.coli (23.3%),staphylococcus aureus (13.3%) and coagulase negative staphylococci (13.3%). conclusion: in this study,highest frequency of vaginal infections was noted among young sexually active females at the age group of 2630 years. enterococcus faecalis was the most common organism isolated from av cases.