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bacterial vaginosis [bak‚tir·ē·əl ‚vaj·ə′nō·səs] (medicine) Inflammation of the vagina that causes a nonirritating white or gray vaginal discharge, often with a distinctive fishy odor; it results from overgrowth of various normal vaginal bacteria and by depletion ofLactobacillusspecies, especially strains that produce hydrogen peroxide. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| 1) In a yearlong longitudinal study of nonpregnant 15-44-year-old women attending an Alabama clinic, the odds that a woman had bacterial vaginosis at the time of any given visit increased by 10% for every one-point increase in her score on a standard scale measuring psychosocial stress. The prevalence of bacterial vaginosis among lesbians is high, and vaginal colonization with hydrogen peroxide-producing lactobacilli is low, relative to that of heterosexual women matched for age and sexual risk behavior (5,7,21,22). He and Jeanne Marrazzo of Seattle's Harborview Medical Center took bacterial samples from the vaginas of 36 healthy women and 35 women with bacterial vaginosis. |
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