This procedure is understood as a type of microbiological study, in which the material is taken directly from the cervical canal. This kind of research helps to obtain reliable information about the microflora of the genital organs, and to establish the type of causative agent of a particular disease. That is why, the analysis for sowing from the cervical canal is prescribed in infectious diseases of the reproductive system in the first place.
How is the material taken?
Before this procedure is carried out, a woman is warned about the need for a toilet for external genitalia. If she undergoes treatment for a gynecological disease, and bacterial culture from the cervical canal is performed in order to evaluate the success of the therapeutic process, douches are canceled 24 hours before the material is taken.
During the procedure, a woman sits in the gynecological chair, and the doctor with a sterile swab from the test tube takes the sample directly from the uterine neck and places it in a test tube. After this, seeding of the material taken with a swab from the cervical canal to the nutrient medium is carried out. Only after a certain time the smear is microscopized and the presence or absence of growth of pathogenic microorganisms is determined.
How is the evaluation done?
Most of all during the sowing from the cervical canal of women is interested in deciphering the analysis received on hands. Independently this should not be done, because in each individual case, a slight deviation from the norm can not be considered a violation. Each organism is individual, and the doctor evaluates the results, taking into account the features of the disease and the state of the organism as a whole.
With regard to the indicators of the norm, they are the following:
- the amount of lactobacilli in the microflora is no less than 107;
- the content of enterococci is not more than 102;
- E. coli - up to 102;
- yeast (fungus) - up to 102 cfu / ml.
After the results obtained, the necessary treatment is prescribed. Quite often this method is used to determine the degree of sensitivity of pathogenic microorganisms to various antibiotics, which helps to accurately identify the pathogen.