Organism

Vaginal
Swab
N = 220 (%)

Cervical
Swab
N = 225(%)

Lactobacillus sp.

166 (75.5)

140 (62.2)

Diphtheroids

147 (66.8)

120 (53.3)

Staphylococcus epidermidis

129 (58.6)

103 (45.8)

Staphylococcus aureus

117 (53.1)

95 (42.2)

Staphylococcus faecalis

88 (40.0)

75 (33.3)

Bacteroides sp.

73 (33.2)

66 (29.3)

Peptostreptococcuss.p

66 (30.0)

50 (22.2)

Eschericia coli

49 (22.2)

40 (17.8)

Candida albicans

39 (17.8)

30 (13.3)

Gardnerellavaginalis

34 (15.5)

25 (11.1)

Streptococcus agalactiae

27 (12.2)

13 (5.6)

Peptococcussp

24 (11.1)

35 (15.6)

Clostridium sp.

17 (7.7)

13  (5.8)

Proteus sp.

9 (4.1)

12 (5.3)

Total Isolates

985

817

Mean No. of isolates/subject

4.5

3.6