An Australian randomized controlled trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that treating the male sexual partners of women with bacterial vaginosis (BV) significantly lowered the recurrence rate of the infection. The study showed that only 35% of women experienced a recurrence when both they and their male partners received treatment, compared to 63% of women who were treated alone without partner treatment. Recurrence rates were 1.6 per person-year in the partner-treatment …
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