High Recurrence Rates of Bacterial Vaginosis over the Course of 12 Months after Oral Metronidazole Therapy and Factors Associated with Recurrence

S. Bradshaw, Catriona; N. Morton, Anna; S. Hocking, Jane; M. Garland, Suzanne; B. Morris, Margaret; M. Moss, Lorna; B. Horvath, Leonie; Kuzevska, Irene; K. Fairley, Christopher

doi:10.1086/503780

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High Recurrence Rates of Bacterial Vaginosis over the Course of 12 Months after Oral Metronidazole Therapy and Factors Associated with Recurrence

Published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases • May 2, 2006

Authors:

Catriona S. Bradshaw

Anna N. Morton

Jane S. Hocking

Abstract

BACKGROUND: We wished to determine recurrences of bacterial vaginosis (BV) after treatment over the course of 12 months and to establish factors associated with recurrence. METHODS: Women with symptomatic BV (a Nugent score [NS] of 7-10 or of 4-6 with >or=3 Amsel criteria) were enrolled. BV was trea...

Subject

Bacterial vaginosis

Vaginal flora

Medicine

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