Probiotics for vulvovaginal candidiasis in non-pregnant women.

CONCLUSIONS: Low and very low quality evidence shows that, compared with conventional treatment, the use of probiotics as an adjuvant therapy could increases the rate of short-term clinical and mycological cure and decrease the relapse rate at one month but this did not translate into a higher frequency of long-term clinical or mycological cure. Probiotics use does not seem to increase the frequency of serious or non-serious adverse events. There is a need for well-designed RCTs with standardized methodologies, longer follow-up and larger sample size.
PMID: 29168557 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - November 23, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Xie HY, Feng D, Wei DM, Mei L, Chen H, Wang X, Fang F Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research