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Vaginal infections including candidal vaginitis and bacterial vaginosis collectively represent perhaps the most common affliction in pre menopausal women. Type 2 Diabetes is another very important cause for increase in the occurrence of vaginal infections in the pre menopausal age group. Objectives of the present study on the prevalence of bacterial vaginal infections in asymptomatic pre and post menopausal diabetic women. The samples from the 50 diabetic and non diabetic pre and post menopausal diabetic women were evaluated for the study from Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Medical College Hospital, Siruvachur, Perambalur, Tamil Nadu from period of 2015 to 2016. Vaginal samples were taken from the patients during the period of surgical wound dressing before the wound was cleaned with antiseptic solution. The swab was examined by Gram staining, inoculated onto culture plates and incubated  aerobically and anaerobically. Antibiotic susceptibility pattern was performed by Kirby-bauer method. The pathogenic bacteria like E.coli, S. aureus were found to be more in diabetic women than the non diabetic women. C. albicans was found to be significantly more in diabetic women. In addition lactobacilli, Peptostreptococcus and Bacteroids were anaerobes commonly reported. Methicillin resistant S. aureus strains were found to be sensistive to Vancomycin. Gram negative isolates were highly sensitive to nitrofurantoin, amikacin and gentamicin.

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N. Rajkumar, G. Shanthi, & S. Selvakumar. (2021). Study on the prevalence of asymptomatic bacterial vaginal infections in pre and post menopausal diabetic women. International Journal of Research in Pharmacology & Pharmacotherapeutics, 8(1), 42-48. https://doi.org/10.61096/ijrpp.v8.iss1.2019.42-48

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