Treatment of biofilms in bacterial vaginosis by an amphoteric tenside pessary-clinical study and microbiota analysis

Abstract Background Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is the most common vaginal syndrome among women in their reproductive years. It is associated with an increased risk of acquiring sexually transmitted infections and complications like preterm labor. BV is characterized by a high recurrence rate for which...

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Main Authors: Cornelia Gottschick, Zhi-Luo Deng, Marius Vital, Clarissa Masur, Christoph Abels, Dietmar H. Pieper, Manfred Rohde, Werner Mendling, Irene Wagner-Döbler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:Microbiome
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40168-017-0326-y