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J. Clin. Invest.    

Vaginal microbiome and sexually transmitted infections: an epidemiologic perspective.

Brotman RM

Vaginal bacterial communities are thought to help prevent sexually transmitted infections. Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a common clinical syndrome in w... Read More

Source: PubMed

Indian J. Med. Res.    

Prevalence & correlates of primary infertility among young women in Mysore, India.

Adamson PC, Krupp K, Freeman AH, Klausner JD, Reingold AL, Madhivanan P

School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA; Division of Epidemiology, UC Berkeley School of Public Health, Berkeley, CA, USA, .

Background & objectives : There are sparse data on the prevalence of primary infertility in India and almost none from Southern India. This study desc... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 2  

The Microbiota of the Vagina and Its Influence on Women's Health and Disease.

Martin DH

From the Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Explorations of the vaginal microbiota (VMB) began over 150 years ago. Using light microscopy and bacterial cultures, the concept of normal versus abn... Read More

Source: PubMed

Clin. Infect. Dis.    

Sexually transmitted infections among women who have sex with women.

Gorgos LM, Marrazzo JM

Infectious Disease Bureau, Public Health Division, New Mexico Department of Health, Santa Fe.

Women who have sex with women (WSW) are a diverse group with variations in sexual identity, sexual behaviors, sexual practices, and risk behaviors. WS... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 5  

Recalcitrance of bacterial vaginosis among herpes-simplex-virus-type-2-seropositive women.

Stoner KA, Reighard SD, Miguel RD, Landsittel D, Cosentino LA, Kant JA, Cherpes TL

Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences Pediatrics Medicine Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

Aim: The multifactorial etiology of bacterial vaginosis (BV) impedes development of effective treatment and prevention strategies. Herein, we evaluat... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 1  

Hydrolysis of the secreted sialoglycoprotein Immunoglobulin A (IgA) in ex vivo and biochemical models of bacterial vaginosis.

Lewis WG, Robinson LS, Perry JC, Bick JL, Peipert JF, Allsworth JE, Lewis AL

Washington University in St. Louis, United States.

Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a common polymicrobial imbalance of the vaginal flora associated with a wide variety of obstetric and gynecologic complica... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Nov 28  

Effect of bacterial vaginosis on the pharmacokinetics of misoprostol in early pregnancy.

Sioutas A, Sandström A, Fiala C, Watzer B, Schweer H, Gemzell-Danielsson K

Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet/Karolinska University Hospital, 17176 Stockholm, Sweden.

BACKGROUNDMisoprostol has been shown to be an effective agent for cervical ripening and termination of early pregnancy especially when administered va... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Nov 21  

The Interaction Effect of Bacterial Vaginosis and Periodontal Disease on the Risk of Preterm Delivery.

Harper LM, Parry S, Stamilio DM, Odibo AO, Cahill AG, Strauss JF, Macones GA

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri;

The objective of this article is to determine if coexistence of periodontal disease (PD) and bacterial vaginosis (BV) is synergistic on the risk of sp... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Nov 16  

[The etiologic diversity of vaginitis.]

Bohbot JM, Sednaoui P, Verriere F, Achhammer I

Institut Fournier, 25, boulevard Saint-Jacques, 75014 Paris, France.

OBJECTIVE: To establish the different etiologies of vaginitis and, especially, assess the distribution of responsible pathogens through a prospective ... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Nov 16  

Bacterial vaginosis, HIV serostatus and T cell subset distribution in a cohort of East African commercial sex workers: retrospective analysis.

Schellenberg JJ, Card CM, Ball TB, Mungai JN, Irungu E, Kimani J, Jaoko W, Wachihi C, Fowke KR, Plummer FA

aDepartment of Medical Microbiology bDepartment of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, 260-727 McDermot Ave., R3E 3P5, Winnipeg, Canada cNational Microbiology Laboratory, Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health, 1015 Arlington St., R3E 3R2, Winnipeg, Canada dDepartment of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 30197-00100, Nairobi, Kenya.

OBJECTIVE:: Although bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a known correlate of HIV infection, no previous studies have investigated whether women defined as HI... Read More

Source: PubMed

Indian J. Med. Res.    

Prevalence & correlates of primary infertility among young women in Mysore, India.

Adamson PC, Krupp K, Freeman AH, Klausner JD, Reingold AL, Madhivanan P

School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA; Division of Epidemiology, UC Berkeley School of Public Health, Berkeley, CA, USA, .

Background & objectives : There are sparse data on the prevalence of primary infertility in India and almost none from Southern India. This study desc... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Nov 16  

Bacterial vaginosis, HIV serostatus and T cell subset distribution in a cohort of East African commercial sex workers: retrospective analysis.

Schellenberg JJ, Card CM, Ball TB, Mungai JN, Irungu E, Kimani J, Jaoko W, Wachihi C, Fowke KR, Plummer FA

aDepartment of Medical Microbiology bDepartment of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, 260-727 McDermot Ave., R3E 3P5, Winnipeg, Canada cNational Microbiology Laboratory, Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health, 1015 Arlington St., R3E 3R2, Winnipeg, Canada dDepartment of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 30197-00100, Nairobi, Kenya.

OBJECTIVE:: Although bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a known correlate of HIV infection, no previous studies have investigated whether women defined as HI... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 2  

The Microbiota of the Vagina and Its Influence on Women's Health and Disease.

Martin DH

From the Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Explorations of the vaginal microbiota (VMB) began over 150 years ago. Using light microscopy and bacterial cultures, the concept of normal versus abn... Read More

Source: PubMed

Clin. Infect. Dis.    

Sexually transmitted infections among women who have sex with women.

Gorgos LM, Marrazzo JM

Infectious Disease Bureau, Public Health Division, New Mexico Department of Health, Santa Fe.

Women who have sex with women (WSW) are a diverse group with variations in sexual identity, sexual behaviors, sexual practices, and risk behaviors. WS... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 5  

Recalcitrance of bacterial vaginosis among herpes-simplex-virus-type-2-seropositive women.

Stoner KA, Reighard SD, Miguel RD, Landsittel D, Cosentino LA, Kant JA, Cherpes TL

Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences Pediatrics Medicine Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

Aim: The multifactorial etiology of bacterial vaginosis (BV) impedes development of effective treatment and prevention strategies. Herein, we evaluat... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 1  

Hydrolysis of the secreted sialoglycoprotein Immunoglobulin A (IgA) in ex vivo and biochemical models of bacterial vaginosis.

Lewis WG, Robinson LS, Perry JC, Bick JL, Peipert JF, Allsworth JE, Lewis AL

Washington University in St. Louis, United States.

Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a common polymicrobial imbalance of the vaginal flora associated with a wide variety of obstetric and gynecologic complica... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Nov 28  

Effect of bacterial vaginosis on the pharmacokinetics of misoprostol in early pregnancy.

Sioutas A, Sandström A, Fiala C, Watzer B, Schweer H, Gemzell-Danielsson K

Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet/Karolinska University Hospital, 17176 Stockholm, Sweden.

BACKGROUNDMisoprostol has been shown to be an effective agent for cervical ripening and termination of early pregnancy especially when administered va... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Nov 21  

The Interaction Effect of Bacterial Vaginosis and Periodontal Disease on the Risk of Preterm Delivery.

Harper LM, Parry S, Stamilio DM, Odibo AO, Cahill AG, Strauss JF, Macones GA

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri;

The objective of this article is to determine if coexistence of periodontal disease (PD) and bacterial vaginosis (BV) is synergistic on the risk of sp... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Nov 16  

[The etiologic diversity of vaginitis.]

Bohbot JM, Sednaoui P, Verriere F, Achhammer I

Institut Fournier, 25, boulevard Saint-Jacques, 75014 Paris, France.

OBJECTIVE: To establish the different etiologies of vaginitis and, especially, assess the distribution of responsible pathogens through a prospective ... Read More

Source: PubMed

J. Clin. Invest.    

Vaginal microbiome and sexually transmitted infections: an epidemiologic perspective.

Brotman RM

Vaginal bacterial communities are thought to help prevent sexually transmitted infections. Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a common clinical syndrome in w... Read More

Source: PubMed


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Posted by:  guest  Posted on: 07/29/2008
Upon entering the Menopause stage, I found myself with reoccuring Bacterial Vaginosis. I took antibotics for over a years off and on and it still came back. Then I remembered that years ago a doctor recommended Betidine douche for a bacterial infection. I HIGHLY recommend you try it.




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