Open AccessHigh Recurrence Rates of Bacterial Vaginosis over the Course of 12 Months after Oral Metronidazole Therapy and Factors Associated with Recurrence
Author(s) -
Catriona S Bradshaw,
Anna Morton,
Jane S Hocking,
Suzanne M. Garland,
Margaret B. Morris,
Lorna M. Moss,
Leonie B. Horvath,
Irene Kuzevska,
Christopher K. Fairley
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases (online. university of chicago press)/the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1086/503780
Subject(s) - bacterial vaginosis , vaginal flora , medicine , metronidazole , confidence interval , sexual transmission , vagina , gynecology , surgery , antibiotics , immunology , biology , microbicide , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , microbiology and biotechnology
We wished to determine recurrences of bacterial vaginosis (BV) after treatment over the course of 12 months and to establish factors associated with recurrence.