Treatment of Bacterial Vaginosis in Early Pregnancy and its Effect on Spontaneous Preterm Delivery and Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes

Abstract

This is the published version of a paper published in Clinical Microbiology. Citation for the original published paper (version of record): Larsson, P-G., Poutakidis, G., Adolfsson, A., Charonis, G., Pasi, B. et al. (2016) Treatment of bacterial vaginosis in early pregnancy and its effect on spontaneous preterm delivery and preterm rupture of membranes. Clinical Microbiology, 5(5): 1000259 http://dx. Abstract Background: This study was conducted to investigate whether screening and treatment of bacterial vaginosis (BV) in early pregnancy reduces the risk of spontaneous preterm delivery or preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROMs).