and hence also involves treatment of asymptomatic BV. Antibiotics have served as the mainstay of BV treatment over the past six decades. Several alternative approaches also deserve attention ...

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Current recommendations by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for the treatment of BV basically involve antibiotic treatment with oral or intravaginal metronidazole or clindamycin.

Women who develop bacterial vaginosis (BV) often later acquire chlamydia, a common and potentially serious sexually ...

Women who develop bacterial vaginosis (BV) often later acquire chlamydia, a common and potentially serious sexually transmitted bacterial infection.

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It is not a sexually transmitted infection (STI) and is easily treated with antibiotics. What causes the imbalance of bacteria in the vagina which leads to bacterial vaginosis is not fully understood.