Society guideline links: Bacterial vaginosis

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Sexually transmitted infections" and "Society guideline links: Gynecologic infectious diseases (non-sexually transmitted)".)

International

●World Health Organization (WHO): Guidelines for the management of symptomatic sexually transmitted infections (2021)

Canada

●Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada (SOGC): Clinical practice guideline for the screening and management of bacterial vaginosis in pregnancy (2017)

●SOGC: Clinical practice guideline on vulvovaginitis – Screening for and management of trichomoniasis, vulvovaginal candidiasis, and bacterial vaginosis (2015)

United States

●Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Sexually Transmitted Infections Treatment Guidelines – Bacterial vaginosis (2021)

●American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Practice bulletin on vaginitis in nonpregnant patients (2020)

●US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF): Final recommendation statement on bacterial vaginosis in pregnant persons to prevent preterm delivery – Screening (2020)

Europe

●European International Union against Sexually Transmitted Infections (IUSTI)/World Health Organization (WHO): Guideline on the management of vaginal discharge (2018)