Comparative efficacy of probiotic yoghurt and clindamycin in treatment of bacterial vaginosis in pregnant women: A randomized clinical trial

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1021-1024

  Hantoushzadeh, Sedigheh ^a   Golshahi, Fateme ^b   Javadian, Pouya ^a,b   Khazardoost, Soghra ^a   Aram, Shahnaz ^c   Hashemi, Shahrzad ^a   Mirarmandehi, Bahare ^a   Borna, Sedigheh ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Pregnancy; Preterm birth; Probiotics; Vaginal infection

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT; YOGHURT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPEN STUDY; PH; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLINDAMYCIN; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROBIOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; YOGURT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862899975     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2011.614654     Document Type: Article

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