Polymicrobial Gardnerella biofilm resists repeated intravaginal antiseptic treatment in a subset of women with bacterial vaginosis: a preliminary report

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 291, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 605-609

  Swidsinski, Alexander ^a   Loening Baucke, Vera ^a   Swidsinski, Sonja ^b   Verstraelen, Hans ^c  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HIV Labor Berlin   (Germany)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antiseptics; Bacterial vaginosis; Biofilm; Gardnerella vaginalis; Octenidine

Indexed keywords

AGENTS USED INTRAVAGINALLY; OCTENIDINE; RELACTAGEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTISEPSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CLEARANCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EPITHELIUM CELL; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GARDNERELLA; GARDNERELLA INFECTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; RECURRENT INFECTION; RELAPSE; RETREATMENT; TREATMENT DURATION; URINALYSIS; URINE SEDIMENT; VAGINAL BURNING SENSATION; VAGINAL DRYNESS; VAGINITIS; BIOFILM; DRUG EFFECTS; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BIOFILMS; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PYRIDINES; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84925537348     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-014-3484-1     Document Type: Article

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