So do the other substances they produce. These bacteria are an important part of a healthy vaginal ecosystem. A hallmark of bacterial vaginosis (BV) is the disruption of this normal vaginal flora and ...

Metronidazole 500 mg orally twice daily for 7 days, or Metronidazole gel (0.75%), one full applicator ... 300 mg orally twice daily for 7 days Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a condition characterized ...

Women who develop bacterial vaginosis (BV) often later acquire chlamydia, a common and potentially serious sexually transmitted bacterial infection. Now, researchers at Albert Einstein College of ...

A University of Massachusetts Amherst-Ernest Pharmaceuticals team of scientists has made "exciting," patient-friendly advances in developing a non-toxic bacterial therapy, BacID, to deliver cancer ...

Despite its prevalence, treatment options remain limited. However, a new hair regrowth gel involving a naturally occurring sugar in DNA could change the way we approach hair loss treatments ...

If your teeth have ever felt fuzzy after skipping a brushing, you've encountered biofilm -- a slimy bacterial layer that clings to surfaces. In medical settings, biofilms make infections harder to ...

State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518055, China ...

Fosfomycin acts by targeting uridine diphosphate-GlcNAc enol-pyruvyltransferase (MurA) enzyme and metronidazole is a synthetic nitroimidazole derivative that acts by targeting DNA synthesis. It was ...

Similar to antibiotics, antiseptics facilitate the eradication of the anaerobic vaginal microbiota associated with bacterial vaginosis which allows for the recolonisation of indigenous lactobacilli.