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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1646-5830</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Acta Obstétrica e Ginecológica Portuguesa]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Acta Obstet Ginecol Port]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1646-5830</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Euromédice, Edições Médicas Lda.]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1646-58302021000300264</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[O papel da associação de probióticos a antibioterapia no tratamento de vaginose bacteriana - qual a evidência?]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[The role of the association of probiotics with antibiotics in the treatment of bacterial vaginosis - what is the evidence?]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rego]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Vitor Nogueira]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vaz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Teresa]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,ACeS Grande Porto VIII USF Nova Via ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Espinho/Gaia ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>30</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>30</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>15</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>264</fpage>
<lpage>273</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1646-58302021000300264&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1646-58302021000300264&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1646-58302021000300264&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a frequent cause of genital discomfort. It is characterized by an imbalance in the vaginal microbiota, with a decrease of Lactobacillus. The hypothesis was raised that the administration of Lactobacillus probiotics could restore flora balance, reducing risk and recurrence of BV. The purpose of this review is to evaluate the short and long-term efficacy of probiotic therapy, when associated with antibiotics, in BV. The authors concluded that the association of probiotics does not seem to significantly improve the effectiveness of standard antibiotic therapy. Despite not being advised, this association also has not prove to be harmful.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Vaginosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Bacterial]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Probiotics]]></kwd>
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