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Mechanistic Insights into Immune Suppression and Evasion in Bacterial Vaginosis

Current Microbiology, 2022
The immunological response to bacterial vaginosis (BV) remains poorly understood and recurrent BV is still a major public health burden especially in the pregnant population.
E. Amabebe, D. Anumba
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Engineered Phage Endolysin Eliminates Gardnerella Biofilm without Damaging Beneficial Bacteria in Bacterial Vaginosis Ex Vivo

Pathogens, 2021
Bacterial vaginosis is characterized by an imbalance of the vaginal microbiome and a characteristic biofilm formed on the vaginal epithelium, which is initiated and dominated by Gardnerella bacteria, and is frequently refractory to antibiotic treatment ...
C. Landlinger, L. Tišáková, V. Oberbauer, T. Schwebs, Abbas J. Muhammad, A. Latka, L. Van Simaey, Mario Vaneechoutte, A. Guschin, G. Resch, S. Swidsinski, A. Swidsinski, L. Corsini   +12 more
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Dietary acid load, alternative healthy eating index score, and bacterial vaginosis: is there any association? A case-control study

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background: Changing the dietary pattern may be an alternative treatment for bacterial vaginosis, the prevalent vaginal infection in women. Methods: One hundred and forty-three bacterial vaginosis-affected women diagnosed by Amsel criteria and 151 ...
Morvarid Noormohammadi, Ghazaleh Eslamian, Seyyedeh Neda Kazemi, Bahram Rashidkhani   +3 more
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Hallmarks of Bacterial Vaginosis. [PDF]

Diagnostics (Basel)
Background: Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is considered the most common cause of vaginal discharge, which is related to several public health issues, such as an increased risk for sexually transmitted infections, pelvic inflammatory disease, pregnancy-related problems such as abortion, stillbirth or premature birth, and tubal factor infertility.
Pérez-Ibave DC, Burciaga-Flores CH, García-Mejía X, Alcorta-Nuñez F, Solis-Coronado O, Escamilla MG, Vidal-Gutiérrez O, Garza-Rodríguez ML.   +7 more
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BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS

International Journal of Clinical Practice, 1996
SUMMARY Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is an alteration of the vaginal flora, where the normally predominant lactobacilli are replaced by a cocktail of organisms including Gardnerella vaginalis and anaerobes. It presents with a grey, homogenous, offensive vaginal discharge that has a raised pH.
C J, Priestley, G R, Kinghorn
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Bacterial vaginosis in female facility workers in north-western Tanzania: prevalence and risk factors. [PDF]

, 2009
OBJECTIVES: To determine prevalence of, and risk factors for, bacterial vaginosis (BV) among herpes simplex virus (HSV) 2 seropositive Tanzanian women at enrollment into a randomised, placebo-controlled trial of HSV suppressive treatment.
Ross, D, P Hay, Hambleton, Ian, Watson-Jones, Deborah, H A Weiss, D Everett, Tanton, Clare, Watson-Jones, D, J Changalucha, Ross, David, Baisley, Kathy, Weiss, Helen, D Watson-Jones, Hayes, Richard, Everett, Dean, R Hayes, Hambleton, I, K Mugeye, Mugeye, Kokugonza, Weiss, HA, Changalucha, John, Hay, Phillip, Tanton, C, Chirwa, Tobias, D Ross, Changalucha, J, Everett, D, T Chirwa, I Hambleton, K Baisley, Mugeye, K, Baisley, K, Hay, P, C Tanton, Chirwa, T, Hayes, R   +35 more
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The efficacy of vaginal clindamycin for the treatment of abnormal genital tract flora in pregnancy. [PDF]

, 2003
To assess the efficacy of 2% clindamycin vaginal cream (CVC) to treat bacterial vaginosis (BV) in ...
Sheehan, M, Mandal, D, Jones, BM, Hay, PE, Lamont, RF   +4 more
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Bacterial Vaginosis Presence in Sexually Active Women in Tuzla Canton Area

Biomolecules & Biomedicine, 2008
The goal of our research was to determine the presence of bacterial vaginosis in sexually active women in Tuzla Canton area. Diagnosis determination for bacterial vaginosis was conducted on the basis of three out of four internationally accepted criteria
Fatima Numanović, Mirsada Hukić, Merima Gegić, Mahmud Nukić, Zineta Delibegović, Selma Pašić, Elsada Cicko   +6 more
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Bacterial vaginosis and antibacterial susceptibility pattern of asymptomatic urinary tract infection in pregnant women at a tertiary care hospital, Visakhaptn, India

Iranian Journal of Microbiology, 2020
Background and Objectives: The association between bacterial vaginosis and urinary tract infection (UTI) in pregnant women is at a greater risk comparatively than patients with bacterial vaginosis or UTI.
Appikatla Madhu Bhavana, Pilli Hema Prakash Kumari, Nitin Mohan, Vijayalakshmai Chandrasekhar, Payala Vijayalakshmi, Rongala Venkata Manasa   +5 more
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Bacterial vaginosis and cervical human papillomavirus infection in young and adult women: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Revista de Saúde Pública, 2022
OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between bacterial vaginosis and cervical human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in young and adult women. METHODS This systematic review and meta-analysis was based on the Prisma methodological guidelines.
Bruno César Teodoro Martins, R. Guimarães, R. R. F. Alves, V. Saddi   +3 more
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