Personal Hygienic Behaviors and Bacterial Vaginosis | Zendy

Mark A. Klebanoff | Zendy; Tonja R. Nansel | Zendy; Rebecca M. Brotman | Zendy; Jun Zhang | Zendy; Kai-Fun Yu | Zendy; Jane R. Schwebke | Zendy; William W. Andrews | Zendy

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Personal Hygienic Behaviors and Bacterial Vaginosis

Author(s) -

Mark A. Klebanoff,

Tonja R. Nansel,

Rebecca M. Brotman,

Jun Zhang,

Kai-Fun Yu,

Jane R. Schwebke,

William W. Andrews

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

sexually transmitted diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507

H-Index - 105

eISSN - 1537-4521

pISSN - 0148-5717

DOI - 10.1097/olq.0b013e3181bc063c

Subject(s) - bacterial vaginosis , medicine , vaginal flora , hygiene , poisson regression , bathing , gynecology , obstetrics , population , environmental health , pathology

Vaginal douching is consistently associated with bacterial vaginosis (BV), but whether it is a cause or result of BV remains unknown. The association between BV and other feminine hygienic behaviors is less studied; if BV symptoms caused behavior change then all hygiene behaviors might be more common among women with BV. Lack of association between nondouching hygiene behavior and BV would argue against reverse causation.

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