Probiotic interventions were effective for treatment and prevention of BV , prevention of recurrences of c and idiasis and UTIs , and clearing HPV lesions .
Although clinical practice recommendations were limited by the strength of evidence , probiotic interventions were effective in treatment and prevention of urogenital infections as alternatives or co-treatments .
INTRODUCTION Probiotics are a complementary and integrative therapy useful in the treatment and prevention of urogenital infections in women .
This study extends the work of research ers who systematic ally investigated the scientific literature on probiotics to prevent or treat urogenital infections .
Lactic acid bacteria colonization and clinical outcome after probiotic supplementation in conventionally treated bacterial vaginosis and vulvovaginal candidiasis.
This r and omized double-blind placebo controlled study assessed the vaginal colonization of lactic acid bacteria and clinical outcome . Vaginal capsules containing L gasseri LN40 , Lactobacillus fermentum LN99 , L. casei subsp . rhamnosus LN113 and P. acidilactici LN23 , or placebos were administered for five days to 95 women after conventional treatment of bacterial vaginosis and /or vulvovaginal c and idiasis . Vulvovaginal examinations and vaginal samplings were performed before and after administration , after the first and second menstruation , and after six months . Presence of LN strains was assessed using RAPD analysis . LN strains were present 2 - 3 days after administration in 89 % of the women receiving LN strains ( placebo : 0 % , p < 0.0001 ) . After one menstruation 53 % were colonized by at least one LN strain . Nine percent were still colonized six months after administration . Ninety-three percent of the women receiving LN strains were cured 2 - 3 days after administration ( placebo : 83 % ) , and 78 % after one menstruation ( placebo : 71 % ) ( ns ) . The intervention group experienced less malodorous discharge 2 - 3 days after administration ( p = 0.03 ) and after the second menstruation ( p = 0.04 ) , compared with placebo . In summary , five days of vaginal administration of LN strains after conventional treatment of bacterial vaginosis and /or vulvovaginal c and idiasis lead to vaginal colonization , somewhat fewer recurrences and less malodorous discharge
Probiotic interventions were effective for treatment and prevention of BV , prevention of recurrences of c and idiasis and UTIs , and clearing HPV lesions .
Although clinical practice recommendations were limited by the strength of evidence , probiotic interventions were effective in treatment and prevention of urogenital infections as alternatives or co-treatments .
INTRODUCTION Probiotics are a complementary and integrative therapy useful in the treatment and prevention of urogenital infections in women .
This study extends the work of research ers who systematic ally investigated the scientific literature on probiotics to prevent or treat urogenital infections .