ABSTRACT
Compared to our understanding of bacterial diseases of the female genital tract, relatively little is understood about what constitutes and maintains a healthy ecological system within the microbiological flora of the female genital tract. Why is an understanding of normality important? At some future date, therapy may graduate from the eradication of pathogen bacteria causing disease to the promotion of bacteria responsible for vaginal/cervical microbial wellness, and physicians may prevent disease rather than eradicate it through the use of probiotics.
