BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease risk accelerates in women after the menopausal transition, coinciding with the cessation of endogenous oestrogen production. The accompanying decline in vascular function is considered a key driver of this…
The primary aim of the present randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial was to investigate whether clindamycin and live Lactobacillus crispatus CTV-05 (LACTIN-V) would improve clinical pregnancy rates in IVF patients with abnormal…
PURPOSE: To investigate baseline parameters and vaginal intimate hygiene habits comparing IVF patients with and without vaginal dysbiosis, a cross-sectional study. METHODS: Patients were grouped by the presence of vaginal dysbiosis status …
Recent advances in molecular microbiology have enabled refined studies of the genital tract microbiota. This constitutes the basis of the present updated systematic review and meta-analysis which investigate vaginal dysbiosis (VD) as define…
INTRODUCTION: Recent studies in in vitro fertilisation (IVF) patients have associated abnormal vaginal microbiota (AVM) with poor clinical pregnancy rates of 6%-9% per embryo transfer. The biological plausibility for this finding is hypothe…
Clinical assessment of women with pelvic pain was a poor indicator of disease seen at laparoscopy. Thus, of 109 women, 22 at laparoscopy had salpingitis, 19 had adhesions without salpingitis, 20 had endometriosis or ovarian pathology and 48…