Table 2. Occurrence of bacteria on fallopian tube epithelium in women with and without bacterial vaginosis.
| Presence of bacterial vaginosis | Presence of bacteria on the fallopian tube epithelium | |||||
| Extra-uterine pregnancy (n = 1) | Other indications (n = 21) | |||||
| fallopian tube bacteria | fallopian tube bacteria | |||||
| None(n = 0) | Otherbacteria (n = 0) | Gardnerella biofilm (n = 1) | None (n = 17) | Otherbacteria (n = 4) | Gardnerella biofilm (n = 0) | |
| Gardnerella vaginalbiofilm (n = 4) | 0 | 0 | 1 (100%) | 3 (100%) | 0 | 0 |
| No Gardnerella vaginalbiofilm (n = 18) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 (78%) | 4 (22%)4 | 0 |
Numbers in italics show mean concentrations of bacteria x 109/ml found in tissues of women positive for bacteria.
Percentages represent the numbers of women with bacteria detected on the endometrium in subgroups, i.e. with and without bacterial vaginosis and with or without missed abortion.