Trial data support non-antibiotic treatment for bacterial vaginosis
University of Minnesota http://twin-cities.umn.edu/ 612-625-5000 The results of a randomized controlled trial conducted in Europe indicate that a common bacterial infection in women could be treated without antibiotics. The trial investigated the efficacy of the broad-spectrum antiseptic dequalinium chloride for treating bacterial vaginosis (BV), which affects an estimated 25% of reproductive-age women and has a high recurrence rate attributed to bacterial biofilm. The standard treatments are the antibioti