One in three women are affected by bacterial vaginosis (BV), a common but poorly understood condition caused by an imbalance of vaginal bacteria that can cause discomfort and pain. BV is treated ...

One in three women are affected by bacterial vaginosis (BV), a common but poorly understood condition caused by an imbalance of vaginal bacteria that can cause discomfort and pain. BV is treated ...

Bacterial vaginosis (BV) has been considered a bacterial imbalance in the vagina, rather than a sexually transmitted infection (STI). New research is challenging this assumption. A study published ...

Bacterial vaginosis, which affects nearly 1 in 3 women, ... Sobel is a professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit.

Bacterial vaginosis affects roughly 30 percent of reproductive-aged women worldwide. The syndrome stems from an imbalance in the vagina’s microbiota . In a healthy vagina, Lactobacillus bacteria ...

Treating male sexual partners and women with bacterial vaginosis was better than treating women alone. ... 95% CI 0.22-0.61), they wrote in New England Journal of Medicine. ...

New research published in The New England Journal of Medicine reveals bacterial vaginosis is a sexually transmitted disease, advocating for joint treatment of both male and female partners to ...

A new study provides strong evidence that bacterial vaginosis, a common vaginal condition, is spread during sex. But experts are still debating about whether to officially call it an STI.

Researchers have determined that bacterial vaginosis (BV)—a condition affecting nearly one-third of women worldwide—is a sexually transmitted infection (STI), shifting the way it should be ...

Bacterial vaginosis, which affects nearly 1 in 3 women, ... Sobel is a professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit.