BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS ASSOCIATED WITH ATOPOBIUM VAGINAE: THE CURRENT PRINCIPLES OF DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY
- Authors: RAKHMATULINA M.R1, PLATOVA K.I1
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Affiliations:
- State Dermatovenereology Research Center, Ministry of Health and Social Development of Russia
- Issue: No 3 (2012)
- Pages: 88-92
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journals.eco-vector.com/0300-9092/article/view/246746
- ID: 246746
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Abstract
Objective. To optimize therapy for bacterial vaginosis associated with Atopobium vaginae (A. vaginae). Subjects and methods. The study enrolled 60 women who received therapy with one of the drugs (metronidazole gel, 0.75%, clindamycin cream 2%, hexicon suppositories). To evaluate the efficiency of therapy, the authors made a clinical laboratory examination, assessed the symptoms of bacterial vaginosis according the Amsel criteria, estimated the lactobacillus component of the vaginal microflora, and identified A. vaginae. Results. Therapy with vaginal hexicon suppositories demonstrated a high clinical laboratory efficiency (95%) that was comparable with that of clindamycin and greater than that of metronidazole.
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M. R RAKHMATULINA
State Dermatovenereology Research Center, Ministry of Health and Social Development of Russia
Email: rahmatulina@cnikvi.ru
Moscow
K. I PLATOVA
State Dermatovenereology Research Center, Ministry of Health and Social Development of RussiaMoscow
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