Efficacy of vaginal probiotic capsules for recurrent bacterial vaginosis: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study

W Ya, C Reifer, LE Miller - American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, 2010 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: We assessed the effectiveness of vaginal probiotic capsules for recurrent
bacterial vaginosis (BV) prevention. STUDY DESIGN: One hundred twenty healthy Chinese
women with a history of recurrent BV were assigned randomly to daily vaginal prophylaxis
with 1 capsule (Probaclac Vaginal; Nicar Laboratories, Inc, Blainville, Quebec, Canada) that
contained 8 billion colony-forming units of Lactobacillus rhamnosus, L acidophilus, and
Streptococcus thermophilus (n= 58 women) or 1 placebo capsule (n= 62 women) for 7 days …