ABSTRACT
This study aims for detection and determination the bacterial types implicated in bacterial vaginosis (BV) in pregnant
women at different gestations by using clinical criteria and the scoring method. on 100 pregnant women aged between 15-
43 years in different gestation periods during a period of five months, from November 2015 to March 2016. Those samples
were collected from out- patients in the Babylon Hospital of Gynecology and Pediatrics, and some private clinics in Hilla
city. The study showed that 40(40%) women affected by bacterial vaginosis according to Amsel ?s criteria, and 34(34%)
according to Nugent score system. The main age group of bacterial vaginosis occurrence was (26-35%) years, and was
more common among pregnant women in the second trimester of pregnancy (47.5%). Microorganisms were mainly
isolated among in this study E. coli (51.21%), Staphylococcus aureus (35.2%), coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (24%),
lactobacilli (20.4), and Streptococci spp. (11.1), Enterococcus spp. (9.8%), Protus spp. (9.75%) and Candida albicans
(54%).