Endometrial microbial flora of hysterectomy specimens

Klaus Teisala, K Teisala, Teisala K
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology · 1987 · vol. 26(2) , pp. 151–155 · doi:10.1016/0028-2243(87)90050-5 · PMID:3666272 · W2056825845
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Microbiological and histopathological analysis of hysterectomy specimens found no evidence of bacterial or viral infection in the endometrium, suggesting a sterile endometrial cavity in nonpregnant uteri.

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Microbiological and histopathological specimens were obtained from three levels (fundal, middle and cervical) of the endometrium immediately after removing the uterus. Hysterectomy indication was menometrorrhagia and uterine fibroids in eight cases and chronic pelvic pain in two cases. All cultures for C. trachomatis, N. gonorrhoeae, M. hominis, U. urealyticum, herpes simplex virus, anaerobic and facultative bacteria were negative. Histopathological examination showed few plasma cells in the endometrium in four cases with the presence of uterine fibroids and in one case with adenomyosis. These results suggest that the endometrial cavity of a nonpregnant uterus is sterile.

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Bacteria Endometrium Hysterectomy Viruses Adult Bacteria Endometrium Endometrium Female Humans Middle Aged Viruses

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