A clinical trial study is to compare the effect of lactobacilli and metronidazole with metronidazole alone on the recovery and recurrence of bacterial vaginitis.
This is a randomized, blinded, placebo-controlled, multi-stage study, which is performed on two groups of 65 women with bacterial vaginitis at the Imam Khomeini hospital of Ahvaz. The primary inclusion criteria are: married women (15-45 years old); exclusion criteria are: pregnancy, having other infections, and so on.
In this study, after obtaining permission and get a referral from the Nursing and midwifery school of Medicine and Ahvaz Imam Khomeini hospital, 130 married women 15-45 years old, who complained of a smelly discharge, vaginal or genital irritation symptoms, entered the study in order to diagnose bacterial vaginitis based on clinical Amsel criteria.
After informed consent of the patients was obtained, they are divided into two groups, and two lactobacillus vaginal suppositories daily along with oral metronidazole 500 mg twice a day for a week is given to a group and controls for a week once the two numbers together with the placebo day suppositories 500 mg metronidazole orally. Slides in the laboratory are interpreted by a laboratory technician and the checklist was completed. After a week of treatment, and 4 weeks later to improve relapse are reviewed and analyzed.