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In this study we assessed the effect of a yoghurt drink containing\n                    <jats:italic>Lactobacillus<\/jats:italic>\n                    strains on BV. The strains had been isolated from healthy pregnant women and selected for acidification capacity, production of H\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    O\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    , glycogen utilisation, bile salt tolerance and inhibition of pathogens. Using Amsel criteria BV was diagnosed in 36 women aged \u226518 years with stable menstrual cycle or menopause. They were treated with oral metronidazole for 7 days (2\u00d7500 mg\/d). Starting with the treatment, women consumed twice daily either\n                    <jats:italic>verum<\/jats:italic>\n                    or placebo during 4 weeks.\n                    <jats:italic>Verum<\/jats:italic>\n                    was 125 g yoghurt containing (besides\n                    <jats:italic>Lactobacillus delbrueckii<\/jats:italic>\n                    ssp.\n                    <jats:italic>bulgaricus<\/jats:italic>\n                    and\n                    <jats:italic>Streptococcus thermophilus<\/jats:italic>\n                    ) living strains\n                    <jats:italic>Lactobacillus crispatus<\/jats:italic>\n                    LbV 88 (DSM 22566),\n                    <jats:italic>Lactobacillus gasseri<\/jats:italic>\n                    LbV 150N (DSM 22583),\n                    <jats:italic>Lactobacillus jensenii<\/jats:italic>\n                    LbV 116 (DSM 22567) and\n                    <jats:italic>Lactobacillus rhamnosus<\/jats:italic>\n                    LbV96 (DSM 22560), each 1\u00d7107 cfu\/ml; placebo was 125 g chemically acidified milk. After 4 weeks of intervention 0 of 17 had BV in the\n                    <jats:italic>verum<\/jats:italic>\n                    group versus 6 of 17 in the s.a. control (0.018 in Fisher Exact test). Amsel score decreased during the intervention period by 4.0 (median) (4.0; 3.0) (25\n                    <jats:sup>th<\/jats:sup>\n                    ; 75\n                    <jats:sup>th<\/jats:sup>\n                    percentile) in the\n                    <jats:italic>verum<\/jats:italic>\n                    group compared to 2.0 (4.0; 0.0) in the control group (\n                    <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                    =0.038 in Mann-Whitney test). Discharge and odour (Amsel criteria 2+3) also decreased by 2.0 (2.0; 1.0) in the\n                    <jats:italic>verum<\/jats:italic>\n                    compared to 1.0 (2.0; 0.0) in the control group (\n                    <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                    =0.01) and differed after 4 weeks intervention between the groups 0.0 (0.0; 0.0) versus 1.0 (0.0; 2.0) (\n                    <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                    =0.001). Nugent score decreased during the intervention period by 5.5 (7.0;2.3) in the\n                    <jats:italic>verum<\/jats:italic>\n                    compared to 3.0 (6.0;0.5) in the control group (\n                    <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                    =0.158). 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