Male-Partner Treatment to Prevent Recurrence of Bacterial Vaginosis
The addition of combined oral and topical antimicrobial therapy for male partners to treatment of women for bacterial vaginosis resulted in a lower rate of recurrence of bacterial vaginosis within 12 weeks than standard care. (Funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia; StepUp Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry number, ACTRN12619000196145.).
Authors
- Gerald L. Murray (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3330-4433)
- Jane Simone Hocking (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9329-8501)
- Eric P. F. Chow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1766-0657)
- Kathy Petoumenos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7534-7154)
- Erica L. Plummer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5710-2671)
- Deborah Bateson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1035-7110)
- Christopher Kincaid Fairley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9081-1664)
- Lenka A. Vodstrcil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3679-9195)
- Basil Donovan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8851-4126)
- Catriona S. Bradshaw (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6643-5678)
- John Kaldor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7639-4355)
- Matthew Law (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3540-8837)
- Marcus Y. Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0743-9369)
Institutions
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Royal Women's Hospital (AU)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Melbourne Sexual Health Centre (AU)
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute (AU)
- Melbourne Health (AU)
- Alfred Health (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- New England Journal of Medicine
- Published
- 2025-03-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa2405404
- Citations
- 68
- Primary Topic
- Reproductive tract infections research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 80.44
Funders
- National Health and Medical Research Council