THE ROLE OF BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS IN PRETERM LABOR

Abstract

Infections associated with pregnancy, labor and postpartum period pose a threat to the pregnant woman, fetus and newborn baby and remain a serious issue for physicians over several centuries. The preterm labor which often may not have a clear etiology is the major cause of neonatal deaths worldwide. The relationship between changes in vaginal microbiocenosis and preterm labor is not sufficiently well studied so far.

Keywords

• bacterial vaginosis
• preterm labor
• intrauterine infections (iui)