Asymptomatic Bacterial Vaginosis: To Treat or Not to Treat?

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this review is to summarize current evidence for and against the treatment of asymptomatic bacterial vaginosis (BV) in women. Asymptomatic BV is common although its pathogenesis remains incompletely understood. In favor of treating asymptomatic BV is the large body of data supporting that it is sexually transmitted. Along these lines and similar to other STIs, treatment of BV, regardless of symptom status, should be considered to reduce adverse outcomes of infection (i.e. adverse birth outcomes, infertility, post-gynecologic surgery infections, etc.) and prevent further sexual transmission of BV pathogen(s) to sexual partners. One study has found that treatment of women with asymptomatic BV led to a significant reduction in incident chlamydial infections over a 6 month follo

SUBMITTER: Muzny CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8015387 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature