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David A. Eschenbach, Bacterial Vaginosis and Anaerobes in Obstetric-Gynecologic Infection, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 16, Issue Supplement_4, June 1993, Pages S282–S287, https://doi.org/10.1093/clinids/16.Supplement_4.S282
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Abstract
Anaerobic infections of the upper genital tract are common. Antibiotic regimens designed to inhibit anaerobes markedly reduce morbidity. A vaginal infection associated with an increased concentration of anaerobic bacteria (bacterial vaginosis) has been recently linked to a wide variety of upper genital tract infections. Bacterial vaginosis has an important role in the development of clinical chorioamnionitis, postpartum endometritis, posthysterectomy vaginal-cuff cellulitis, postabortion pelvic inflammatory disease, and upper genital tract infections such as amniotic fluid infection and chorioamnion infection associated with premature delivery.