Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) is a condition of imbalance in the vaginal ecosystem, namely decreased number Lactobacillus followed by an increase numbers Gardnerella vaginalis and other anaerobic bacteria. About 90% Indonesian women have potential to experience discharge because Indonesia has tropical climate incidence continues every year up 70%. The purpose this research was determine correlation ...

We read with interest the article by Tam et al. claiming that Gram stain has a better sensitivity than Amsel's criteria for the detection of bacterial vaginosis during pregnancy ("Gram stain method shows better sensitivity than clinical criteria for detection of bacterial vaginosis in surveillance of pregnant, low-income women in a clinical setting," 1998;6:204-208). They argue that the method ...

BACKGROUND Bacterial vaginosis is associated with increased transmission of sexually transmitted infections, preterm labor, post-surgical infections, and endometritis. Current treatment for symptomatic bacterial vaginosis includes antibiotics, such as metronidazole, which are 70-80 % effective at one month after treatment and result in high recurrence rates and secondary candida infections. Int...

Background: Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) in pregnancy is caused by several physiological changes that disrupt the vaginal ecosystem, namely hormonal and flora. Treatment with antibiotics for cases has a risk of resistance, so alternative therapies are needed, one which propolis extract. This study aims to prove effect giving extract pregnant women bacterial vaginosis. Methods: used quasi-experiment...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to describe the bacterial flora of women in preterm labor with or without premature rupture of membranes. METHODS Retrospective studies of 239 patients with preterm labor were performed. RESULTS One hundred and twenty-three of 239 patients with preterm labor (51.5%) had bacterial vaginosis. Seventy of the 239 patients with preterm labor (29.3%) developed p...

To investigate if vaginal application of dequalinium chloride (DQC, Fluomizin®) is as effective as vaginal clindamycin (CLM) in the treatment of bacterial vaginosis (BV). WEISSENBACHER, Ernst Rainer, et al. A comparison of dequalinium chloride vaginal tablets (Fluomizin®) and clindamycin vaginal cream in the treatment of bacterial vaginosis: a single-blind, randomized clinical trial of efficacy...

Anaerobic (bacterial) vaginosis is a vaginal syndrome of unknown aetiology in which women complain of a fishy smelling vaginal discharge and the normal lactobacillus dominated vaginal flora is replaced by a profound overgrowth of Gardnerella vaginalis, Mycoplasma hominis, and mixed anaerobes, particularly Prevotella, Porphyromonas, and Mobiluncus species. The vaginal pH is elevated (usually pH ...

The IIDSOG-USA has advocated antepartum screening for bacterial vaginosis (BV) in all pregnant women in an attempt to prevent premature delivery. The point is well made that there are a number of screening tests routinely performed during pregnancy that may or may not be beneficial. The question of whether or not routine screening for BV has merit with regard to prevention of premature labor an...

We studied the vaginal microflora of 73 postmenopausal women who had never received estrogen replacement therapy. The median age of these women was 67 years, and none of them had bacterial vaginosis. Lactobacilli were detected in 36 (49%) of these women at a mean concentration of 10(5.7) cfu/g of vaginal fluid. H2O2-producing lactobacilli were recovered from 38% of the women. Some of the other ...

Background and objective: Several studies have been conducted about Bacterial Vaginosis and its relation with preterm labor that was accompanied with controversial results. The aim of this study was to compare the frequency of Bacterial Vaginosis and common genitourinary infections between term and pre-term pregnancies. Methods: In a case-control study, 249 pregnant women admitted to Shohadyae ...