Effect of lactobacillus in preventing post-antibiotic vulvovaginal candidiasis: a randomised controlled trial

2004134 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Marie Pirotta · Australian Association for Academic Primary Care

Jane Gunn · Australian Association for Academic Primary Care

Patty Chondros · Australian Association for Academic Primary Care

Sonia Grover · Royal Women's Hospital

Paula O'Malley · Australian Association for Academic Primary Care

Susan Hurley · University of Melbourne

Suzanne M. Garland

Abstract

The use of oral or vaginal forms of lactobacillus to prevent post-antibiotic vulvovaginitis is not supported by these results. Further research on this subject is unlikely to be fruitful, unless new understandings about the pathogenesis of post-antibiotic vulvovaginitis indicate a possible role for lactobacillus.

Topics & Keywords

Reproductive tract infections research Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies Dermatology and Skin Diseases

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: BMJ

Volume 329, Issue 7465, pp. 548-548

DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38210.494977.de

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