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Determinants of bacterial vaginosis (BV) in HIV negative women living in Cape Town, South Africa : a cross-sectional study [PDF]

, 2009
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 55-60).Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a common cause of vaginal symptoms among women of childbearing age, although some women may be asymptomatic.
Gopolang, Felicity Pinkie
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Screening of vulvovaginal infections during pregnancy in resource constrained settings: Implications on preterm delivery

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2017
The present study was undertaken to evaluate the efficacy of clinical and microbiological investigations available in limited resource settings for an effective diagnosis of vaginal infections/abnormal vaginal microbiota among pregnant women.
Chaitanya Tellapragada, Vandana K. Eshwara, Parvati Bhat, Asha Kamath, Sandhya Aletty, Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay   +5 more
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Assessing Metabolic and Reproductive Consequences of Prenatal Paracetamol Exposure in Female CD1 Mice

Journal of Applied Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Paracetamol is a widely used analgesic during pregnancy; however, emerging evidence suggests it may act as an endocrine/metabolism disrupting compound. Using an F1 female CD1 mouse model, this study scrutinized the long‐term metabolic and reproductive consequences linked to intrauterine paracetamol exposure.
Bita Entezari, Deniz Bozdag, Elif İnce‐Erguc, Aylin Buhur, Cansin Sirin Tomruk, Suna Sabuncuoglu, Altug Yavasoglu, Hande Gurer‐Orhan   +7 more
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“Women of the Happy Life”: Prostitution, Public Morality, and Venereal Disease in US‐Occupied Nicaragua, 1912–33

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT During the years of the US occupation (1912–33), Nicaragua's government legally regulated prostitution. Convinced of their objectives to protect society's moral and public health, politicians embarked on a long struggle to apprehend, quarantine, and segregate female prostitutes nationwide.
Eimeel Castillo
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Fluorescence micrographs and Gram stain images of vaginal fluid smears.

, 2013
Vaginal fluid smears from two representative study participants are shown. 4+ curved rods were documented by Gram stain (A & C) for both participants who had BV (Nugent score 10).
Sujatha Srinivasan (158064), Jeanne M. Marrazzo (158103), Frederick A. Matsen (156498), Tina L. Fiedler (158079), Congzhou Liu (132136), Noah G. Hoffman (158068), Martin T. Morgan (158071), Kathy J. Agnew (365568), David N. Fredricks (118182)   +8 more
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Diagnosis of Bacterial Vaginosis From Self-Obtained Vaginal Swabs [PDF]

, 2005
Objective:To determine the concordance between vaginal fluid Gram stains and pH obtained at speculum exam with similar stains and pH prepared from self-obtained vaginal swabs.Methods:Using vaginal fluid Gram stain, 129 pregnant women were screened for ...
Robert A. Strauss, Barbara Eucker, David A. Savitz, John M. Thorp   +3 more
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Nugent Score and Vaginal Flora Abnormalities Seen in the Laboratory of University Hospital of Befelatanana [PDF]

, 2020
Background: Vaginal flora abnormalities are common in women in their genitally active period. The aims of this study are to describe vaginal flora abnormalities and genital infections discovered from the Nugent score and to describe the associated ...
RAKOTOVAO, Andriamiadana Luc, RAKOTOVAO-RAVAHATRA, Zafindrasoa Domoina, RANDRIATSARAFARA, Fidiniaina Mamy, RASAMINDRAKOTROKA, Andry   +3 more
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DYNAMICS OF SOME VAGINAL PARAMETERS IN NON-PREGNANT BITCHES AFTER MID-LUTEAL AGLEPRISTONE TREATMENT

Slovenian Veterinary Research, 2016
The aim of our study was to investigate the effects of the antiprogestin aglepristone after its application in bitches with high serum progesterone concentrations on some specific vaginal parameters. Twelve non-pregnant female dogs from different breeds
Anton Antonov, Plamen Georgiev, Julieta Dineva, Theresa Conze, Radostina Dimitrova, Axel Wehrend   +5 more
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The Role of Vaginal Oestrogen Therapy in Postmenopausal Women With Pelvic Organ Prolapse: Does It Have Any Impact on Perioperative Outcomes? A Systematic Review of Randomised Controlled Trials

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) affects up to 50% of postmenopausal women, negatively impacting sexual function and quality of life. While surgery remains the primary treatment, increasing attention has been given to perioperative vaginal oestrogen therapy and its potential impact on surgical outcomes.
Gilda Sicilia, Salvatore Giovanni Vitale, Maurizio Nicola D'Alterio, Stefania Saponara, Francesco Scicchitano, Anna Maria Fulghesu, Rossella E. Nappi, Stefano Angioni   +7 more
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ROLE OF OPPORTUNISTIC MICROFLORA IN MECHANISMS OF DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN AND MALE INFERTILITY

Известия высших учебных заведений. Поволжский регион: Медицинские науки, 2020
Background. We made a research on the role of opportunistic microflora in the mechanisms of development of male and female infertilit. The purpose of the research is to study the health of the women and men reproductive system of childbearing age ...
L. V. Kurashvili, G. V. Tyazhelkova, M. V. Dolgusheva, T. N. Korobovtseva, N. I. Mikulyak   +4 more
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