The Laboratory Diagnosis of Bacterial Vaginosis

Overview

Journal Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol

Publisher Wiley

Date 2007 Dec 27

PMID 18159532

Citations 18

Authors

Deborah Money

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Abstract

Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is an extremely common health problem for women. In addition to the troublesome symptoms often associated with a disruption in the balance of vaginal flora, BV is associated with adverse gynecological and pregnancy outcomes. Although not technically a sexually transmitted infection, BV is a sexually associated condition. Diagnostic tests include real-time clinical/microbiological diagnosis, and the current gold standard, the standardized evaluation of morphotypes on Gram stain analysis. The inappropriate use of vaginal culture can be misleading. Future developments into molecular-based diagnostics will be important to further understand this complex endogenous flora disruption.

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