Relationship of bacterial vaginosis and mycoplasmas to the risk of spontaneous abortion
GG Donders, B Van Bulck, J Caudron, L Londers… - American journal of …, 2000 - Elsevier
Objective: This study was undertaken to investigate a possible link between first-trimester
diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis and cessation of pregnancy at≤ 20 weeks' gestation. Study
Design: Women (n= 228) who received routine prenatal care in Flanders, Belgium, during
the first trimester (14 weeks' gestation) and had a living singleton fetus were examined for
microbiologic flora of the vagina. Bacterial vaginosis was assessed either clinically (Amsel et
al criteria), microscopically (clue cells), or by culture of bacterial vaginosis–associated …
diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis and cessation of pregnancy at≤ 20 weeks' gestation. Study
Design: Women (n= 228) who received routine prenatal care in Flanders, Belgium, during
the first trimester (14 weeks' gestation) and had a living singleton fetus were examined for
microbiologic flora of the vagina. Bacterial vaginosis was assessed either clinically (Amsel et
al criteria), microscopically (clue cells), or by culture of bacterial vaginosis–associated …