Vaginal infections. Two-step treatment

Кira E.F., Rastorgueva L.I., Khalturina Yu.V., Pushkina V.V.

Department of Women’s Diseases and Reproductive Health, Institute for Postgraduate Training of Physicians, N.I. Pirogov National Medical and Surgical Center, Ministry of Russia, Moscow, Russia

The literature review discusses two-step treatment for vaginal infections. It presents probative evidence on the efficiency and safety of using the antiseptic Dequalinium chloride (10 mg) in the first stage and the probiotic Gynoflor E that contains at least 107 CFU/g in a tablet of live Lactobacillus acidophilus KS 400 and 0.03 mg of estriol.

Keywords

vaginal infections
bacterial vaginosis
aerobic vaginitis
dequalinium chloride
Gynoflor E

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Received 23.04.2020

Accepted 28.04.2020

About the Authors

Evgeny F. Kira, Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation; Professor, Head, Department of Women’s Diseases and Reproductive Health, Institute for Postgraduate Training of Physicians, N.I. Pirogov National Medical and Surgical Center, Ministry of Health of Russia. Tel.: +7(916) 576-54-32. E-mail: profkira33@gmail.com
Address: 65, Nizhnyaya Pervomayskaya, Moscow 105203
Larisa I. Rastorgueva, Assistant Lecturer, Department of Women’s Diseases and Reproductive Health, Institute for Postgraduate Training of Physicians, N.I. Pirogov National Medical and Surgical Center, Ministry of Health of Russia. Tel.: +7(916) 609-83-07. E-mail: lara_rastor@mail.ru Address: 65, Nizhnyaya Pervomayskaya, Moscow 105203
Yulia V. Khalturina, Assistant Lecturer, Department of Women’s Diseases and Reproductive Health, Institute for Postgraduate Training of Physicians, N.I. Pirogov National Medical and Surgical Center, Ministry of Health of Russia. Tel.: +7(969) 013-29-35. E-mail: julia.vladimirovna103@gmail.com
Address: 65, Nizhnyaya Pervomayskaya, Moscow 105203
Valeria V. Pushkina, Senior Laboratory Assistant, Department of Women’s Diseases and Reproductive Health, Institute for Postgraduate Training of Physicians, N.I. Pirogov National Medical and Surgical Center, Ministry of Health of Russia. Tel.: +7(985) 722-37-03. Address: 65, Nizhnyaya Pervomayskaya, Moscow 105203

For reference: Kira E.F., Rastorgueva L.I., Khalturina Yu.V., Pushkina V.V. Vaginal infections. Two-step treatment.
Akusherstvo i Ginekologiya. 2020; 4: 201-208
https://dx.doi.org/10.18565/aig.2020.4.201-208

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