...Enav Yefet; Dalit Mirin; Manal Massalha; Adi Alter; Zohar Nachum Introduction: Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a risk factor for preterm delivery. Yet, previous studies have found BV treatment ineffective in preventing preterm delivery in unselected population. This study aimed to evaluate...

... Bacterial vaginosis Aerobic vaginitis Vulvovaginal candidiasis Vulvovaginal candidosis Trichomonas vaginalis Mycoplasma Sexually transmitted infections Diagnosis Testing Screening The ideal way to make an appropriate diagnosis of vulvo-vaginal infections has been a fluctuating matter...

... to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Vaginitis Vaginal irrigation Saline solution Candida Bacterial vaginosis Vulvovaginal symptoms, including abnormal odor, itching, irritation, and noticeable...

...) in the treatment of bacterial vaginosis (BV). Methods: This was a multinational, multicenter, single-blind, randomized trial in 15 centers, including 321 women. They were randomized to either vaginal DQC tablets or vaginal CLM cream. Follow-up visits were 1 week and 1 month after treatment. Clinical cure based...

... pregnant women were analyzed by microscopy for vaginal flora. Signs and symptoms of vaginal infection were determined by patient interviews and gynecologic examinations. Results: Abnormal vaginal flora was identified in 45.7% of the subjects. The final clinical diagnoses were bacterial vaginosis (21.6...

...U.B. Hoyme; Jana Huebner Abnormal vaginal flora as well as bacterial vaginosis have a significant relative risk for miscarriage or preterm birth of 1.4–6.9. In the initial Erfurt trial, 0.3% of the neonates with gestational age <32+0 weeks were seen in an intervention group vs. 3.3% (p < 0.01...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Intrauterine growth restriction Bacterial vaginosis Preterm birth Pre-eclampsia Gynecol Obstet Invest 2010;70:291 298 DOI: 10.1159/000314020 Received: December 8, 2009 Accepted after revision: February 2, 2010 Published online...

... epithelial cells in the urine were detected using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). Urine from patients with bacterial vaginosis (BV, n = 20), their partners (n = 10) and different control populations (n = 344) including pregnant women and their partners, randomly selected populations...

...Bengt Fredricsson; Katarina Englund; Carl Erik Nord; Leon Weintraub Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is characterized by lack of lactobacilli and predominance of anaerobic species. Ciprofloxacin is active against a great number of aerobic bacteria. The effect of ciprofloxacin on the vaginal microbial flora...

...Björn Andersch; Lars Forssman; Knut Lincoln; Per Torstensson Bacteriological isolation of anaerobes, Gardnerella and lactobacilli was carried out in a group of 62 women with the diagnosis bacterial vaginosis and 42 control women. Lactobacilli were the predominant organisms in the control group...

... in the treatment of nonspecific bacterial vaginosis. No treatment was given to the sexual partners and there was no restriction of sexual intercourse. 38 women completed the study and at follow-up after 4 weeks, women receiving vaginal therapy had a cure rate of 79% compared with 74% in the women on oral therapy...

...P.G. Larsson; B. Bergman; U. Forsum; C. Påhlson A double-blind study of treatment for bacterial vaginosis (BV), using metronidazole tablets 500 mg 3 times daily for 10 days versus placebo in the same regimen, was performed on 42 outpatients with irregular bleeding episodes or discharge attending...

...Bengt Fredricsson; Katarina Englund; Leon Weintraub; Anders Ölund; Carl-Erik Nord Eighty-four patients with bacterial vaginosis were examined in an open randomized trial, the aim of which was to define clinical results and the microbiological panorama after topical treatment for 1 week with either...

...Josef Ekgren; Berit K. Norling; Miklos Degre; Tore Midtvedt Nonspecific bacterial vaginosis, defined as the presence of clue cells, was treated in a randomized, double-blind study with (1) tinidazole 2g as a single dose (82 patients), (2) tinidazole 2 g on 2 consecutive days (84 patients), and (3...

...Björn Andersch; Ditte Lindell; Ingrid Dahlén; Åke Brandberg Intermittent treatment with an acid lactate gel (Lactal, ACO, Sweden) reduced symptoms of bacterial vaginosis (BV) and promoted the reestablishment of the normal vaginal flora of lactobacilli. Forty-two women seriously affected...

...Pekka Pulkkinen; Martti Saranen; Risto Kaaja In a double-blind trial comprising 66 patients we assessed the effect of metronidazole-nystatin vagitories on the prevention of bacterial vaginosis (BV) in women using IUD as a contraceptive method after an initial oral single dose of 2.0 g metronidazole...

... advice were tested for human papillomavirus in cervical samples. Results of gynecological history, examination, and vaginal wet smear findings were compared between CHPI patients and negative women. Results: Sixty-six (6.8%) of the women had a CHPI. Bacterial vaginosis was more common among those...

... the prevalence of bacterial vaginosis (BV) at 37–42 gestational weeks and its relationship to premature rupture of membranes. Method: During an analytical descriptive prospective study, 425 pregnant women with a gestational age of 37–42 weeks were studied for prevalence of BV. Then, 304 women on the basis...

... value for preterm delivery of 53, 75, 22 and 92%, respectively. A positive elastase assessment was associated with a relative risk for preterm delivery of 2.9 (95% CI 1.3–6.6), whereas a positive bacterial vaginosis assessment and shorter cervical length less than 25 mm demonstrated a relative risk...

...Cléber Sérgio da Silva; Sheila Jorge Adad; Maria Azniv Hazarabedian de Souza; Ana Cristina Macêdo Barcelos; Ana Paula Sarreta Terra; Eddie Fernando Candido Murta The aim of this study was to verify the presence of bacterial vaginosis (BV), Candida sp, Chlamydia trachomatis , Neisseria gonorrhoeae...