ArticleSexually transmitted infections2019
Association between vaginal washing and detection of
Article in Sexually transmitted infections, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Shaping the Female Microbiome: A Review of Lifestyle Factors Influencing the Vaginal, Gut, Oral, and Skin Microenvironments.Microbial ecology · 2026Review
- Factors associated with Nugent-bacterial vaginosis in pregnancy and postpartum among women in rural northwestern Bangladesh.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Review
- Douching cessation and molecular bacterial vaginosis: a reanalysis of archived specimens.Sexually transmitted infections · 2023Article
- Bacterial vaginosis: a review of approaches to treatment and prevention.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2023Review
- Microbiota of female genital tract - functional overview of microbial flora from vagina to uterine tubes and placenta.Physiological research · 2022Review
- Cultivable vaginal Lactobacillus is not associated with fecundability in Kenyan women attempting to conceive.Fertility and sterility · 2022Article
- Vaginal washing behaviour and fecundability among Kenyan women in a prospective preconception cohort.Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology · 2022Article
- Host and Microbiome Interplay Shapes the Vaginal Microenvironment.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Review
- Impact of vaginal douching products on vaginal Lactobacillus, Escherichia coli and epithelial immune responses.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- The microbiome and gynaecological cancer development, prevention and therapy.Nature reviews. Urology · 2020Review
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13 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
objectivesVaginal washing has been associated with reductions in cultivable
methodsWe conducted a cross-sectional study of 272 HIV-seronegative women enrolled in an open-cohort study in Mombasa, Kenya. Vaginal washing and sexual risk behaviours were assessed using face-to-face interviews. Vaginal
resultsEighty percent (n=217) of participants reported vaginal washing in the prior week. One-fifth (n=58) of participants had BV by Nugent score. In unadjusted analysis, vaginal washing was associated with a 45% decreased likelihood of
conclusionsVaginal washing in the prior week was associated with a significantly reduced likelihood of detecting cultivable
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