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Dequalinium for bacterial vaginosis
Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin, 2017Bacterial vaginosis is an infection characterised by overgrowth of anaerobic bacteria in the vagina with an accompanying loss of lactobacilli, and is thought to be the most common cause of abnormal vaginal discharge in women of child-bearing age.1 Standard treatment for symptomatic bacterial vaginosis consists of a short course of an oral or topical ...
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Epidemiology of bacterial vaginosis
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1993Studies of the prevalence of and risk factors for bacterial vaginosis are flawed by imprecision in diagnosis, failure to study large and well-characterized populations, selection bias, and failure to correct for confounding variables. Prevalences range from 5% for women without any symptoms to 25% for those with gynecologic symptoms. Although bacterial
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Bacterial vaginosis and contraceptive methods
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 2000AbstractObjective: The aim of this study was to investigate if bacterial vaginosis is associated with the use of specific contraceptives. Methods: The study population consisted of 1314 women attending for periodical preventive examinations at our gynecology unit at the II Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the University ‘La Sapienza’ in Rome ...
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Bacterial vaginosis and miscarriage
Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 2004This review aims to summarize current knowledge about the relationship between bacterial vaginosis and miscarriage.Studies investigating the relationship between bacterial vaginosis and infertility, implantation and early pregnancy loss have produced conflicting results.
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Bacterial vaginosis and pregnancy
Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 1994Bacterial vaginosis (BV) represents a disturbance in the vaginal microflora with a massive overgrowth of predominantly anaerobic bacteria resulting in a disagreeable vaginal discharge. The syndrome of BV has been described in the medical literature since the turn of the century.
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Treatment of Bacterial Vaginosis
Annals of Pharmacotherapy, 1994OBJECTIVE: The purposeof this articleis to review the treatment options for bacterial vaginosis, including the newer topical antibiotics, metronidazole gel and clindamycin cream. The article also examines the controversies over whether bacterial vaginosis is a sexually transmined disease and whether asymptomatic
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The microbiology of bacterial vaginosis
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1993A group of microorganisms are present concurrently in high concentrations in the vaginas of women with bacterial vaginosis. The major members of the group are Gardnerella vaginalis, anaerobic gram-negative rods belonging to the genera Prevotella, Porphyromonas and Bacteroides, Peptostreptococcus species, Mycoplasma hominis, Ureaplasma urealyticum, and ...
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Bacterial vaginosis in pregnancy
Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2002Bacterial vaginosis is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes across all gestational ages. It is linked to first and second trimester fetal loss, chorioamnionitis, preterm delivery, low-birthweight infants and maternal/neonatal infectious morbidity.
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The epidemiology of bacterial vaginosis
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 1999There are two broad ways one might look at Ž . the epidemiology of bacterial vaginosis BV . If we accept the definition of epidemiology as being ‘the study of disease occurrence in human populations,’ then the primary focus of concern is on populations.
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