These tests are reliable and easy to perform. Clinical Features of bacterial vaginosis include a thin homogenous vaginal discharge. To avoid the complications mentioned above, treatment of BV is indicated. Higher relapse rates are associated with single oral dose therapy. 11 Metroni-dazole is contraindicated during pregnancy.
Sexual abstinence is advised until symptoms improve.
Treatment of sexual partners of women infected with BV has not influenced the response to therapy, nor the relapse or recurrence rate. The CDC STD treatment guidelines do not recommend the routine treatment of sex partners. Candida albicans and other Candida species are the usual causative agents. Acute VVC occurs in an estimated 20 percent of women.6 Recurrent episodes, defined as four or more a year, occur much less frequently 12 and affect 5 percent of the population. 15 Patients with persistent or difficult to treat candidiasis should be counseled for HIV testing.