Clinical Significance of Enterococcus Presence in Vaginal Discharge

• Autores: Guevara Duncan, José, Cáceres, Alfredo, Valencia, Esther
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2000
• Institución: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.csi.unmsm:article/4352
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/4352
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Streptococcus Faecalis; Vagina; secretion; Leukorrhea; Bacterilogical Techniques; Culture Média; secreción; Leucorrea; Técnicas Bacteriológicas; Medios de Cultivo

OBJECTIVES: To determine if presence of Enterococcus is related to pathological vaginal discharge (VD), as well its frecuency in VD, and its antimicrobial-resistance levels. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In a 4-month period were selected 98 women who attend to gynecological outpatient service due to VD; in samples of these VD leukocytes search, and isolation and culture procedures for Enterococcus and other female-genital-tract-associated microorganisms were performed. RESULTS: Enterococcus species, mainly E. faecalis were isolated from 39% of patients. Gardnerella vaginalis was identified in 44% of patients. Presence of enterococcus was associated with neither pathogeny nor anal intercourse. There was no penicillin-resistant Enterococcus strain. CONCLUSIONS: In the studied VD patients Enterococcus would not exert pathogenic activity, and was ranked 2th in frecuency after G. vaginalis. There was no in vitro penicillin-resistance among the 38 strains studied.