THE DANGER OF HIGH VAGINAL AND THE VALUE OF ENDO CERVICAL SWABS
High vaginal swabs are not very reliable in picking organisms causing pelvic infectious. Endocervical swabs taken properly in aseptic conditions are more likely to reflect what is happening in the pelvis. High vaginal swabs pick mainly normal vaginal flora (germs that live normally in the vargina and not causing problems). Clearing such normal flora with antibiotics can even lead to emergence of resistant organisms that can cause a life threatening infection in the people concerned or lead to inability to actually treat the real germs causing a pelvic infection for example.
Picture – How swabs are taken
Collecting endocervical swabs is the job of a Gynaecologist.
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