conclusions according to the findings, educational intervention is beneficial in promoting three aspects of women's lifestyle related to vaginal health. therefore, a health-promoting lifestyle seems essential for having a healthy vagina and for preventing vaginitis. background vaginitis is one of the most common diseases in reproductive-aged women (15 - 49 years of age). side effects of vaginit...

Pathological discharge from the genital tract and other signs of discomfort external genitalia are a common cause visit to gynecologist. The these disorders in most cases is vulvovaginal infection, accompanied (vaginitis) or not (vaginosis) by leukocyte reaction. Methods for treating infection predominantly local therapy systemic agents with highly selective antimicrobial activity. Since signif...

In the vaginal washings of 100 women with symptomatic non-specific vaginitis a succinate/lactate ratio of greater than or equal to 0.4 had a diagnostic sensitivity of 80%, a specificity of 83% for this condition. The predictive value of a positive test was 94%, but that of a negative test was only 55%. A strong association between the presence of Gardnerella vaginalis, anaerobes, a vaginal pH o...

Recent studies of the vaginal flora using molecular techniques have identified several novel bacterial species that are more prevalent in women with BV compared to women without BV. The first of these species to be identified was Atopobium vaginae, which was initially described after isolation from the vagina of a healthy woman (11). Subsequent studies using Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)-base...

See page 2131 for definitions of strength-ofrecommendation labels. V aginitis is among the most common conditions for which women seek medical care, with vaginal discharge accounting for approximately 10 million office visits each year.1 Although vaginitis can have a variety of causes (Table 1), it most often is associated with infection or atrophic changes. Common infectious forms of vaginitis...

A woman initially aged 25 was treated for seven years for symptomatic vaginal trichomoniasis. Throughout that period the patient received 5-nitroimidazoles at conventional and high dosages, antimicrobial agents to eliminate vaginal organisms capable of interfering with treatment, acidifying preparations, and vaccination with inactivated Lactobacillus acidophilus. Despite all the regimens used, ...