and hence also involves treatment of asymptomatic BV. Antibiotics have served as the mainstay of BV treatment over the past six decades. Several alternative approaches also deserve attention ...

If you have BV that's causing symptoms, your healthcare provider will likely recommend treating the infection with antibiotics like Cleocin (clindamycin) or Metrosa (metronidazole), both of which ...

The results of a randomized controlled trial conducted in Europe indicate that a common bacterial infection in women ... could help reduce antibiotic consumption and thus warrants consideration as ...

Bacterial vaginosis is usually treated with antibiotics ... but there can be overgrowth, causing an infection. Bacterial ...

Women who develop bacterial vaginosis (BV) often later acquire chlamydia, a common and potentially serious sexually ...

at the time of infection, and following antibiotic treatment, allowing the researchers to identify which combination of cervicovaginal bacteria is associated with subsequent chlamydia infections. The ...

BV is usually easily cured with antibiotics — either pills that you swallow ... And don’t have sex until you finish your treatment and your infection clears up. If you have BV that keeps coming back, ...

Objectives Pregnant women are especially at risk of developing complications when infected with reproductive tract infections (RTIs). The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of ...

Women who develop bacterial vaginosis (BV) often later acquire chlamydia, a common and potentially serious sexually transmitted bacterial infection. Now, researchers at Albert Einstein College of ...

The immunological analysis revealed a statistically significant increase (p < 0.05) in IL-6 concentrations in the positive control group compared to the levels observed in the infected cohort. Our ...

He added: “It is therefore extremely important that we also limit the development of resistance by working on infection control and avoid unnecessary use of antibiotics.” The next step for the ...