Table 1.

Genital tract morbidities and their bacterial etiologies.

Genital Tract Infection	Usual Bacterial Etiologies
Ulcers	Haemophilus ducreyi, Chlamydia trachomatis (Lymphogranuloma venereum), Treponema pallidum, Klebsiella granulomatis
Vulvovaginitis, cervicitis	Neisseria gonorrhoeae, C. trachomatis
Bacterial vaginosis (BV)	Overgrowth of vaginal microbiota with anaerobic and facultative endogenous bacteria
Endometritis	Enterobacteriaceae, streptococci (groups A and B), enterococci, mixed anaerobic microbes
Salpingitis, oophoritis	N. gonorrhoeae, C. trachomatis, mixed aerobic and anaerobic microbiota
Pelvic abscess following infection	Mixed aerobic and anaerobic microbes