Lactobacillus crispatus LV5 and Improved Vaginal Colonization with Probiotics

• Effects of Bacterial Vaginosis-Associated Bacteria and Sexual Intercourse on Vaginal Colonization With the Probiotic Lactobacillus crispatus CTV-05

  • 2011-11
  • RCT · n = 24
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases 38(11)
  • • B. Ngugi
    • A. Hemmerling
    • E. Bukusi
    • G. Kikuvi
    • J. Gikunju
    • S. Shiboski
    • D. Fredricks
    • C. Cohen

  • PubMed: 21992977
  • DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3182267ac4

  10 Insights on

  • Improved Vaginal Colonization with Probiotics

  • High evidence

  Vaginal colonization with CTV-05 was achieved in 61% of the participants receiving LACTIN-V at either day 10 or day 28 visit and 44% at day 28.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate