Vaginitis is among the most common reasons for gynecological consultation in primary care. Although the work-up of vaginal symptoms is well described in the literature, women often go without a diagnosis, and a recent study using cultures as a gold standard found that clinician diagnoses were not very accurate. Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is the most common cause of vaginitis in patients presentin...

Urine was collected from rats during 12 consecutive daily dark periods and assayed for melatonin and norepinephrine; the phase of the vaginal estrous cycle associated with each urine sample was determined from daily vaginal smears. The proestrous phase of the estrous cycle was consistently associated with significant reductions in the excretions of both compounds. The level of melatonin in any ...

OBJECTIVE To test the null hypothesis that administering misoprostol orally or vaginally will result in no difference in time to vaginal birth, and to determine whether different frequencies of tachysystole and hyperstimulation are associated with route of administration. METHODS Two hundred six women after 37 completed weeks' gestation who presented with an indication for induction were rand...

INTRODUCTION Regular use of vaginal dilators has been recommended as a prophylactic measure following radiation treatment for gynecological cancers in order to minimize vaginal stenosis and promote optimal healing of the vagina. Despite the well-established reluctance of women to adopt this practice, little is known about the difficulties and concerns associated with vaginal dilator use. AIM ...

Zietsch et al. report [1] that in a large sample of Australian twins, “orgasm rates during masturbation, intercourse, and other sexual activities” were uncorrelated with 19 traits. The authors conclude that “female orgasm” might not have evolved by providing adaptive advantages to the woman and that female orgasmic disorder might not be a valid psychiatric construct. There are several problems ...

Lactic acid at sufficiently acidic pH is a potent microbicide, and lactic acid produced by vaginal lactobacilli may help protect against reproductive tract infections. However, previous observations likely underestimated healthy vaginal acidity and total lactate concentration since they failed to exclude women without a lactobacillus-dominated vaginal microbiota, and also did not account for th...

Although a number of common reproductive disorders in livestock involve bacterial infection, very little is known about their normal vaginal microbiota. Therefore, we sought to determine the species composition of sheep and cattle vaginal microbiota. Twenty Rambouillet ewes and twenty crossbred cows varying in age and reproductive status were sampled by ectocervicovaginal lavage. We amplified a...

Determination of the type and origin of biological samples found at crime scenes can provide important clues for crime scene reconstructions by supporting a link between sample donors and actual criminal acts. The presence of certain body fluids can be used as excellent indicators of the sequence of events which occurred. For example, blood stains can indicate some form of physical struggle, as...

'Abstract'Sperm DNA was isolated from vaginal fluid and/or endocervical mucoid plugs at various postcoital intervals. Samples were obtained from 25 volunteer couples. DNA was also prepared from the blood and semen of the couples. The DNA was amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with DlS8O primers. The Fragment length polymorphism of the amplified products (AMP-FLP) was analysed by acryl...