[Table/Fig-4]:

Comparison of vaginal flora in Group 1 and Group 2 women.

Organism Isolated	No. of isolates (%) from Group1 Healthy Women n = 144	No. of isolates (%) from Group 2 women with infertility problems n = 113	p-value
Enterococcus spp.	16 (11.1%)	26 (23%)	0.032*
Micrococcus	22 (15.3%)	0%	0.063
Candida spp.	10 (6.9%)	30 (26.5%)	0.041*
Coagulase negative Staphylococcus spp.	12 (8.3%)	16 (14.1%)	0.081
Diphtheroids	14 (9.7%)	0%	<0.001*
E. Coli	4 (2.8%)	16 (14.1%)	0.071
Staphylococcus aureus	12 (8.3%)	0%	<0.001*
Pseudomonas spp.	8 (5.6%)	0%	<0.001*
Enterobacter spp.	2 (1.4%)	0%	0.069
Lactobacillus	40 (27.8%)	4 (3.5%)	0.023*
Curved Gram-negative rods	4 (2.8 %)	8 (7.1%)	0.079
Trichomonas Vaginalis	0 %	0%	-
Group B streptococci	0%	8 (7.1%)	0.068
Gram variable coccobacilli	0%	5 (4.4%)	0.072

Note: A proportional test has been done to find out the significant difference in VF between the two groups. A p-value < 0.05 has been considered as statistically significant,

^*: Statistically Significant.