Bacterial vaginosis is especially dangerous during pregnancy. The infection can lead to premature birth, spontaneous abortion and low birth weight in the baby, according to the WHO. The randomized ...

March 6, 2025 – Men whose female sex partners get the itchy vaginal infection called bacterial vaginosis may also start being offered treatment for the condition. That’s because a new study ...

or Clindamycin 300 mg orally twice daily for 7 days Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a condition characterized by a loss of the indigenous vaginal lactobacilli and massive anaerobic overgrowth of the ...

Drexel researchers have developed a simple DNA PCR-based lab test — built on a more detailed genetic analysis of the main ...

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 ...

For some women, bacterial vaginosis, or BV, is such a common occurrence that they find themselves regularly dealing with the vaginal infection—even after treatment. Part of the problem seems to ...

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) is a common but often overlooked vaginal infection that affects millions of women worldwide. Many women may not even realise they have BV, as it can present with mild or ...

For many women who develop bacterial vaginosis, the syndrome returns weeks or months after treatment. A clinical trial of women in monogamous relationships with male partners found that treating ...

Bacterial vaginosis is confined to an asymptomatic state in at least half of the cases. Symptomatic BV, on the other hand, is most typically accompanied by foul-smelling, profuse vaginal discharge ...