Lactobacillus crispatus LV5 and Reduced Recurrence of Bacterial Vaginosis

• Oral Intake of Lactobacilli Can Be Helpful in Symptomatic Bacterial Vaginosis: A Randomized Clinical Study

  • 2020-02-22
  • RCT · n = 166
  • Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease 24(3)
  • • Halyna Reznichenko
    • N. Henyk
    • V. Maliuk
    • Tetyana Khyzhnyak
    • Yevhenia Tynna
    • Ihor Filipiuk
    • N. Veresniuk
    • Larysa Zubrytska
    • J. Quintens
    • K. Richir
    • S. Gerasymov

  • PubMed: 32091443
  • DOI: 10.1097/LGT.0000000000000518

  2 Insights on

  • Reduced Recurrence of Bacterial Vaginosis

  • High evidence

  Recurrence of BV was documented in 15 (18.3%) of 82 women in the verum group and 27 (32.1%) of 84 in the placebo group (p = .014). Rates of survival without BV rates were higher in the verum group (Cox F test, p = .018).

  • Beneficial
  • Moderate effect
  • Significant