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Bacterial vaginosis

Australia

• Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine
  • Bacterial vaginosis

Austria, Germany, Switzerland

• Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde
  • Bacterial Vaginosis: Guideline of the DGGG, OEGGG and SGGG (S2k-Level, AWMF Registry No. 015/028, June 2023) [2023]

Canada

• BC Centre for Disease Control
  • Bacterial Vaginosis

Germany

• Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde
  • S1-Guideline on Bacterial Vaginosis in Gynecology and Obstetrics [2014]

International

• Antibiotics
  • Comparative Effectiveness of Treatments for Bacterial Vaginosis: A Network Meta-Analysis [2021]

• Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • Efficacy and safety of different drugs for the treatment of bacterial vaginosis: a systematic review and network meta-analysis [2024]
  • Bacterial Vaginosis: What Do We Currently Know? [2022]

• International Journal of Clinical Practice
  • Effects of Pro/Prebiotics Alone over Pro/Prebiotics Combined with Conventional Antibiotic Therapy to Treat Bacterial Vaginosis: A Systematic Review [2022]

• Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Antibiofilm Agents for the Treatment and Prevention of Bacterial Vaginosis: A Systematic Narrative Review [2024]

• Narra J
  • Effective probiotic regimens for bacterial vaginosis treatment and recurrence prevention: A systematic review [2025]

Ireland

• Ireland's Health Services
  • Bacterial Vaginosis

Japan

• Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy
  • Chapter 2-6-2. Anaerobic infections (individual fields): bacterial vaginosis [2011]

New Zealand

• New Zealand Sexual Health Society
  • Bacterial Vaginosis

Republic of Korea

• Iranian Journal of Microbiology
  • Age and sex trends of Gardnerella vaginalis infection in patients with sexually transmitted infections in Korea [2021]

Sub-Saharan Africa

• American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Diversity of vaginal microbiota in sub-Saharan Africa and its effects on HIV transmission and prevention [2019]

• Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials
  • Can one size fit all? Approach to bacterial vaginosis in sub-Saharan Africa [2016]

United Kingdom

• British Association for Sexual Health and HIV
  • Bacterial Vaginosis 2012 [2012]

• Health Technology Assessment
  • Lactic acid gel versus metronidazole for recurrent bacterial vaginosis in women aged 16 years and over: the VITA RCT [2022]

United States

• American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Bacterial vaginosis and its association with infertility, endometritis, and pelvic inflammatory disease [2021]

• Antibiotics
  • The Role of Antimicrobial Resistance in Refractory and Recurrent Bacterial Vaginosis and Current Recommendations for Treatment [2022]

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Diagnosis and Management of Bacterial Vaginosis: Summary of Evidence Reviewed for the 2021 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Sexually Transmitted Infections Treatment Guidelines [2022]
  • Bacterial Vaginosis - STI Treatment Guidelines [2021]

• Current Infectious Disease Reports
  • Asymptomatic Bacterial Vaginosis: To Treat or Not to Treat? [2020]

• Food and Drug Administration
  • Bacterial Vaginosis: Developing Drugs for Treatment Guidance for Industry [2019]

• Frontiers in Reproductive Health
  • Bacterial vaginosis: a review of approaches to treatment and prevention [2023]

• Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • Social, microbial, and immune factors linking bacterial vaginosis and infectious diseases [2025]

• National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
  • Bacterial Vaginosis

• StatPearls
  • Gardnerella Vaginalis
  • Bacterial Vaginosis

WHO

• World Health Organization
  • Recommendations for the treatment of Trichomonas vaginalis, Mycoplasma genitalium, Candida albicans, bacterial vaginosis and human papillomavirus (anogenital warts): Web Annex D. Evidence-to-decision framework and systematic review for the WHO treatment recommendations for bacterial vaginosis [2024]
  • Bacterial vaginosis: Fact sheet

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