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ReviewCureus2020

Live Bacteria Supplementation as Probiotic for Managing Fishy, Odorous Vaginal Discharge Disease of Bacterial Vaginosis: An Alternative Treatment Option?

Lubna Mohammed, Moiz Javed, Aldanah Althwanay, Farah Ahsan, Federico Oliveri, Harshit K Goud, Zainab Mehkari, Ian H Rutkofsky

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Review in Cureus, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Fabrication and characterization of bioprints with Lactobacillus crispatus for vaginal application.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lubna MohammedInternal Medicine, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences & Psychology, Fairfield, USA.
Moiz JavedInternal Medicine, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences & Psychology, Fairfield, USA.
Aldanah AlthwanayInternal Medicine, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences & Psychology, Fairfield, USA.
Farah AhsanInternal Medicine, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences & Psychology, Fairfield, USA.
Federico OliveriCardiology, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences & Psychology, Fairfield, USA.
Harshit K GoudInternal Medicine, California Institute of Behavioural Neurosciences & Psychology, Fairfield, USA.
Zainab MehkariInternal Medicine, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences & Psychology, Fairfield, USA.
Ian H RutkofskyPsychiatry, Neuroscience, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences & Psychology, Fairfield, USA.
California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences and Psychology (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a universally prevalent cause of genital discomfort in females belonging to the reproductive age group, rendering the vagina more susceptible to various other complications. The standard treatment of BV involves using metronidazole and clindamycin, which help eliminate the infection but play no role in re-flourishing the normal vaginal homeostasis, which is lactobacilli preponderant, thereby rendering the vagina more prone to re-infection. Hence, clinical research has been performed to increase vaginal lactobacillus count through oral or vaginal supplementation. This current study's main objective is to review the previously conducted research regarding the efficiency of probiotic supplementation in the prevention and treatment of BV.

Indexed as

bacterial vaginosisgardenellalactobacilluslive bacteriaprobioticsprobiotics for vaginaprobiotics in bacterial vaginosisrecurrent bacterial vaginosisvaginal healthvaginal infections

Identifiers

PMID33527045
PMCPMC7842843
OpenAlexW3117471480

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Registered trials

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