Lactobacillus jensenii VPro 32 and Reduced Prevalence of Bacterial Vaginosis

• Colonization of the rectum by Lactobacillus species and decreased risk of bacterial vaginosis.

  • 2005-08
  • Observational · n = 531
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases 192(3)
  • • M. Antonio
    • L. Rabe
    • S. Hillier

  • PubMed: 15995952
  • DOI: 10.1086/430926

  2 Insights on

  • Reduced Prevalence of Bacterial Vaginosis

  • High evidence
  • Highly Cited

  Cocolonization of the vagina and rectum by H(2)O(2)-producing lactobacilli was associated with the lowest prevalence of BV (5%), whereas females colonized only vaginally, only rectally, or at neither site had a successively increased risk of BV (P < .001).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes