Experimental injection of 'good' bacteria significantly cut bacterial vaginosis recurrence rate — study
Bacterial vaginosis (BV), an inflammatory condition caused by the proliferation of “bad” bacteria naturally found in the vagina, can affect up to half the women of reproductive age worldwide. Despite treatment with antibiotics, up to three in four women get recurrent infections within three months. But injecting a ‘good’ bacterium to subdue its deleterious peers can slash that high recurrence rate by a third, new clinical trial data suggest.
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