[The role of vaginal pH. Importance of its normalization in the prevention of recurrent vaginitis].
BACKGROUND
A sample of 100 women was clinically examined for a very various vulvovaginal symptomatology and an individual diagnosis of vulvovaginitis of different aetiology was established.


METHODS
All women were treated with antibiotic and/or antimycotic drugs on the basis of individual diagnosis. Sixty women had only this treatment, while 40 women had also a supplementary treatment with a cleanser emulsion characterized by physiologic pH value and an antiseptic activity due to a vegetable extract (Saugella Attiva, Lab. Guieu). The symptomatologic changes due to the two treatments were compared.


CONCLUSIONS
Combined treatment (drug + antiseptic) obtained better results mostly in subjective symptomatology; this combined treatment was very useful in the recovery of the Doderlein population.
Cattedra di Clinica Ostetrica e Ginecologica, Università degli Studi, Bari.
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N
Blasi
A
A
Zurlo
M K
MK
Maggipinto
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R
Cassetta
T M
TM
D'Aquino
D
D
Raimondi
L M
LM
Shönauer
V
V
Borracino
D000328:Adult; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009181:Mycoses / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control; D012008:Recurrence; D014621:Vagina / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D014848:Vulvovaginitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000517:prevention & control
D000935:Antifungal Agents
Ruolo del pH vaginale. Importanza della sua normalizzazione nella prevenzione delle vaginiti recidivanti.