Treatment of bacterial vaginosis in pregnancy in order to reduce the risk of spontaneous preterm delivery - a clinical recommendation.

Thor HaahrAnne S ErsbøllMona A KarlsenJens A SvareKirstine SneiderLene HeeLouise Katrine Kjaer WeileAgnes Ziobrowska-BechClaus ØstergaardJørgen S JensenRikke B HelmigNiels Uldbjerg

Published in: Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica (2016)

This systematic review gives a strong recommendation against treatment with metronidazole and a weak recommendation against treatment with clindamycin to reduce the sPTD rate in both high-risk and low-risk pregnancies with BV.

Keyphrases

systematic review
preterm birth
randomized controlled trial
combination therapy
lipopolysaccharide induced
pregnancy outcomes