| Key Question |
Search Strategy |
| 1—Screening |
1) exp VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL/di |
| 2) vaginosis.mp. |
| 3) exp Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/di, ep |
| 4) 2 and 3 |
| 5) exp PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS/ or exp PREGNANCY/ |
| 6) 1 and 5 |
| 7) exp mass screening/ or screen$.mp. |
| 8) pregnan$.mp. [mp=title, original title, abstract, name of substance word, subject heading word] |
| 9) 7 and 8 |
| 10) 2 and 9 |
| 11) 4 or 6 or 10 |
| 12) limit 11 to yr="2000-2006" |
| 13) limit 12 to humans |
| 14) limit 13 to English language |
| 15) limit 13 to abstracts |
| 16) 14 or 15 |
| 2—Treatment |
1) exp VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL/dt, th [Drug Therapy, Therapy] |
| 2) vaginosis.mp. |
| 3) exp Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/dt, th, pc |
| 4) 2 and 3 |
| 5) exp fetal membranes, premature rupture/dt, th, pc or exp labor, premature/dt, th, pc |
| 6) 2 and 5 |
| 7) exp PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS/ or exp PREGNANCY/ |
| 8) 1 and 7 |
| 9) 4 or 6 or 8 |
| 10) limit 9 to yr="2000-2006" |
| 11) limit 10 to humans |
| 12) limit 11 to English language |
| 13) limit 11 to abstracts |
| 14) 12 or 13 |
| 3—Adverse Effects |
1) exp pregnancy/ or exp pregnancy complications/ or exp Embryonic Structures/de |
| 2) ((adverse$ adj5 effect$) or harm or harmed or harms or harming or defect$ or malform$).mp. [mp=title, original title, abstract, name of substance word, subject heading word] |
| 3) clindamycin.mp. or exp Clindamycin |
| 4) metronidazole.mp. or exp Metronidazole |
| 5) (ae or to or po).fs. |
| 6) 2 or 5 |
| 7) 3 or 4 |
| 8) 1 and 6 and 7 |
| 9) vaginosis.mp. |
| 10) exp Anti-Bacterial Agents |
| 11) exp Bacterial Infections/dh, dt, th [Diet Therapy, Drug Therapy, Therapy] |
| 12) 10 or 11 |
| 13) 9 and 12 |
| 14) 1 and 6 and 13 |
| 15) 8 or 14 |
| 16) limit 15 to (humans and English language) |
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