Bacterial vaginosis: risk factors and vaginal lavage cytokines IL-1b, IL-1ra

Daiva Bartkevičienė Abstract Background: To analyse risk factors for bacterial vaginosis (BV); to evaluate concentrations of cytokines IL-1ß and IL-1ra in vaginal lavage of pregnant women and analyze their relation with BV. Materials and methods: Vaginal lavage samples were obtained from 81 women who were between the 18th and 22nd week of an uncomplicated singleton pregnancy.…