Gordon A N, Martens M, LaPread Y, Faro S
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030.
Gynecol Oncol. 1989 Nov;35(2):233-5. doi: 10.1016/0090-8258(89)90050-4.
Endocervical and vaginal cultures were obtained every week from patients undergoing external pelvic irradiation for gynecologic malignancy. Gram-positive aerobes accounted for 52 to 56% of isolates, gram-negative aerobes accounted for 15 to 16%, and anaerobes accounted for 29 to 32% of all isolates prior to therapy. No significant changes occurred during or after completion of radiation for the group. In individual patients, however, over 50% of organisms found on initial culture were no longer present on completion of external therapy.
