Therapeutic targets
- Improvement of the symptomatology
- Elimination of pathogens
- Partner management, i.e. infected partners, if any, must be located and treated (contacts must be traced for 2 months).
Therapy recommendations
- Antibiosis (antibiotic therapy: systemic therapy with metronidazole), if necessary also vaginal antiseptic (vaginal suppositories, e.g. with polyvidone-iodine complex).
- See also under “Further therapy“.
