臨床婦人科産科60巻5号

2006年05月発行

今月の臨床 早産─予防と対策

早産と細菌性腟症

著者： 大槻克文¹ 中山健¹ 岡井崇¹

所属機関： ¹昭和大学病院総合周産期母子医療センター産科部門

ページ範囲：P.735 - P.739

文献概要

はじめに

　細菌性腟症は後期の流産，早産と強く関連していると報告されている．しかしながら，因果関係を認めるものの，妊娠中の細菌性腟炎の管理方法についての一定の指標が存在しないのが現状である．ここでは早産予防の観点から，妊婦の細菌性腟症を取り巻く問題点と管理の必要性の有無，およびその方策の要点について述べる．

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