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Bacterial Infection Increases Miscarriage Risk

Reuters (07/22/99)

Investigators from Leeds General Infirmary in England, say that bacterial vaginosis could increase the risk of miscarriage nearly two-fold in the first trimester of pregnancy. Reporting in the British Medical Journal, Dr. Susan Ralph and colleagues studied 850 women undergoing fertility treatment, nearly 25 percent of whom had bacterial vaginosis. The researchers suspect that bacterial vaginosis causes inflammation of the uterus, preventing implantation of the fertilized egg after in vitro fertilization treatment. Those with bacterial vaginosis were also more likely to have pelvic inflammatory disease and were at increased risk for contracting HIV.


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