Can you please advise in your opinion is
this just a stuborn infection that may
need another course of antibiotics to
clear it up?
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Vaginal Health Answer A4004 Posted: 04-29-08 21:51pm
There are various types of vaginal
infections. Therapy (antibiotic choice)
depends upon the type of infection. You
didn’t tell me which infective agent was
isolated in the microbiological vaginal
cultures. Metronidazole is efficient
against certain types of infections but
not against all types of vaginal
infections. Vaginal infection can be also
mixed so metronidazole may need to be
combined with additional antibiotics.
Certain types of vaginal infections
(Chlamydia, Mycoplasma, Ureoplasma…)
can’t be identified with standard
microbiological methods (culture) so
additional diagnostic procedures need to
be done to completely identify all the
infections.
A Pap-test is basically used to reveal
precancerous (dysplasia) and cancerous
lesions of the cervix. It can also reveal
certain types of infections but that is
not its primary purpose. A mild degree of
dysplasia can be due to bacterial
infection and such dysplasia usually
vanishes after overcoming the infection.
You may want to consult your gynecologist
about all these possibilities I mentioned.
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