Pre-operative disinfection of the vagina
- 1 March 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
- Vol. 1 (1) , 117-120
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/1.1.117
Abstract
The effectiveness of pre-operative disinfection of the vagina was assessed in 84 patients using preparations of povidone-iodine, chiorhexidine or Savion. Large numbers of Bacteroides were isolated from 7% of patients and anaerobic streptococci in 30% before vaginal preparation. In vitro killing of Bacteroides fragilis occurred rapidly in dilute solution of povidone-iodine and the greatest reduction of potential anaerobic pathogens was obtained by a 2-min preparation with povidone iodine solution.Keywords
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