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From the time that Robert Koch prepared stained smears of biologic samples from humans, scientists have been engaged in describing the microbiologic flora of the human vagina. In 1882, Döderlein described the lactic acid–producing lactobacilli from the vaginas of healthy women, and he was the first to report the treatment of gonococcal infections in women with human-derived strains of lactobacillus. In 1921, Schröder published detailed drawings of vaginal smears from women with the condition now known as bacterial vaginosis, and these drawings portended the incredible microbiologic diversity present in the female reproductive tract.

The microbiologic cause of bacterial vaginosis has . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Dr. Hillier is a professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences and molecular genetics and biochemistry at the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh.

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