was regular and symptomless. There were no other symptoms. Both the mother and the patient were much upset by the condition, as the girl was to be married within a few months. Previous history.?The patient had always maintained good health. She gave no history of dysentery. Physical examination.?The patient was a well-built girl. General examination was negative. The patient was unusually shy a...

For more than 10 years very satisfactory results have been obtained in the treatment of trichomonal vaginitis using the standard 7-day course of metronidazole 200 mg. three times a day (Rodin, King, Nicol, and Barrow, 1960). In a recent trial it was shown that a 5-day course of 400 mg. twice daily produced equally satisfactory results, and was probably an easier regime from the patient's point ...

The patients were seen at the V.D. Clinic of the Central Middlesex Hospital. Prostitutes and women known to be very promiscuous were excluded from the trial as it was thought that the re-infection rate might make the interpretation of results difficult. Flagyl (200 mg. three times daily for 10 days) and dummy tablets were dispensed in identical packets which were randomized and numbered. The ke...

The reproductive tract infection (RTI) or genital tract infection (GTI) is a global health problem which affects men, women, families and communities. These infections threat the women’s health and may have severe consequences such as infertility, ectopic pregnancy, chronic pelvic pain, abortion and an increased risk of HIV transmission. Therefore, proper prevention and treatment of these disea...

BACKGROUND With regard to the high commonality of vaginal infections among pregnancy-age women, especially gardnerella, candidiasis vaginitis, trichomonal vaginitis and chlamydia and by attending to this fact that these infections have a high cost, including the medical expenses and other services like missing working hours and bear a negative effect on the life quality of women as influential ...

BACKGROUND Vaginitis is one of the most common diseases in reproductive-aged women (15 - 49 years of age). Side effects of vaginitis can affect other aspects of health, which could be prevented by promoting a healthy lifestyle related to vaginal health. OBJECTIVES This study aimed at determining the impact of health-promoting educational intervention on lifestyle (nutrition behaviors, physica...

PURPOSE We aimed to investigate the detection of nanobacteria (NB) from expressed prostatic secretions (EPS) in patients with category III chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) and from vaginal swabs in patients with vaginitis by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and to evaluate the association between NB and Neisseria gonorrhea, Chlamydia trachomatis...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the accuracy of the clinical diagnosis of the three most common causes of acute vulvovaginal symptoms (bacterial vaginosis, candidiasis vaginitis, and trichomoniasis vaginalis) using a traditional, standardized clinical diagnostic protocol compared with a DNA probe laboratory standard. METHODS This prospective clinical comparative study had a sample of 535 active-duty Un...