Longer BV treatment helps in the short term.(Women's Health)(bacterial vaginosis)

From: Family Practice News | Date: October 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

MONTEREY, CALIF. -- Four strategies that have been proposed to improve treatment of bacterial vaginosis produced mixed results, with only an extended course of metronidazole improving cure rates, and that only in the short term, Dr. Jane R. Schwebke reported.

A double-blind study randomized 568 women with bacterial vaginosis (BV) to one of four treatment arms: daily metronidazole for 7 days; metronidazole for 14 days; metronidazole for 7 days plus 1 g azithromycin on days 1 and 3, or metronidazole for 14 days plus azithromycin on days 1 and 3. The metronidazole was given in ...

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