When the dr. was done, she concluded that I has BV and prescribed me with flagyl. She then told me that she will know for sure when the lab reports come back. Is it possible BV can cause abnormal pap ...

This study evaluated the number of shed cells in mid-vaginal smears from women with a diagnosis of symptomatic BV (sBV, n = 17), asymptomatic BV (aBV, n = 71), or no BV (n = 104) by Amsel criteria.

I read with interest this article about bacterial vaginosis published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ). (1) Although I understand there is a word limit in these articles that ...

A higher rate of BV is found in the age group 18–25. The mean age among the women with normal smears was 29.2 versus 28.6 among women with smears indicating BV (p = 0.001, student t-test ...

Pelvic examinations were performed, and Gram-stained vaginal smears were assessed to diagnose BV. The data indicate that 41% of all enrolled women had BV, and that 93% had 25 (OH)D levels ...

Of the 285 Pap smear slides viewed, 31 had bacterial vaginosis by the above criteria. This gave a prevalence of 10.8% in the reviewed cytological smears. There was an association of bacterial ...

Background: Users of the intrauterine device (IUD) may be at increased risk for bacterial vaginosis (BV). Our objective was to compare the incidence of BV in women using the IUD with women using ...

The goal of this study was to determine the association in early pregnancy between maternal vitamin D status and the prevalence of BV, which was diagnosed with use of Gram stain vaginal smears ...