[The clinical picture and diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis]

Bacterial vaginosis, a disease new in classification of vaginal infection, is described. Characteristic signs of this condition are prolonged abundant secretions from the vagina with an unpleasant odor resistant to routine antibacterial and antiinflammatory therapy. The informative criteria of the diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis are a shift of vaginal contents pH to the alkaline values, positive amino test, absence of lactic flora, and detection of clue cells in gram-stained smears. Criteria of differential diagnosis between bacterial vaginosis and nonspecific vaginitis are presented.