A double-blind treatment study of bacterial vaginosis with normal vaginal lactobacilli after an open treatment with vaginal clindamycin ovules

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 42-46

  Eriksson, Katarina ^a,b   Carlsson, Bodil ^b   Forsum, Urban ^b   Larsson, P G ^b,c  

^a Ålands Centralsjukhus ^*  (Finland)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Central Hospital of Skövde   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Clindamycin; Lactobacilli; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; COCONUT OIL; PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FREEZE DRYING; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; MENSTRUATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TAMPON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINITIS;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLINDAMYCIN; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; MENSTRUAL HYGIENE PRODUCTS; MIDDLE AGED; PROBIOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINAL SMEARS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 13844292477     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015550410022249     Document Type: Article

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