{"id":4159,"date":"2020-11-11T03:14:36","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T03:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dermatly.com\/vaginosis-bacteriana\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T10:12:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T10:12:31","slug":"vaginosis-bacteriana","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/dermatly.com\/en\/vaginosis-bacteriana\/","title":{"rendered":"Bacterial Vaginosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"textBlock\">\n<h2>Que es <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"937\">bacteriano<\/span> vaginosis?<\/h2>\n<p>La vaginosis bacteriana es una causa com\u00fan de anomal\u00edas <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"2392\">vaginal<\/span> <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"840\">descarga<\/span> y <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"2399\">mal olor<\/span> en mujeres.  Algunas mujeres tienen hallazgos id\u00e9nticos en la vagina. <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"905\">montaje h\u00famedo<\/span> y <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"837\">cultura<\/span> pero no presenta ning\u00fan s\u00edntoma.<\/p>\n<p>La vaginosis bacteriana no se transmite sexualmente ni es contagiosa.  Anteriormente se la conoc\u00eda como vaginitis inespec\u00edfica, lo que implica <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"148\">inflamaci\u00f3n<\/span> &#8211; la inflamaci\u00f3n est\u00e1 ausente en la vaginosis bacteriana.<\/p>\n<h2>\u00bfQui\u00e9n padece vaginosis bacteriana?<\/h2>\n<p>La vaginosis bacteriana afecta a mujeres en edad reproductiva.  Los hallazgos de laboratorio similares son comunes en mujeres posmenop\u00e1usicas.<\/p>\n<div id=\"square-placement-country-holder\" class=\"country-dependent advert\">\n<div class=\"box-placement square-placement\">\n<div class=\"advert__frame\">\n                        <!-- \/340621630\/dermnet_mobile_afterfirstsection_300x250 --><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\" id=\"hidden-div-gpt-ad-1484122037505-8\" class=\"[ js-hideable ]\"><\/div>\n<p><script>\n    if (ads_screenwidth < 780 ) {\n        var inline = document.createElement(\"div\");\n        var ad = document.createElement(\"div\");\n\n        ad.id = 'div-gpt-ad-1484122037505-8';\n        ad.style.height=\"250px\";\n        ad.style.width=\"300px;\";\n\n        inline.appendChild(ad);\n        inline.className = \"inline\";\n        var placeholder = document.getElementById(\"hidden-div-gpt-ad-1484122037505-8\");\n        placeholder.parentNode.replaceChild(inline, placeholder);\n        (function () {\n            googletag.cmd.push(function () {\n                googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1484122037505-8');\n            });\n        })();\n    }\n<\/script>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>\u00bfCu\u00e1l es la causa de la vaginosis bacteriana?<\/h2>\n<p>La vaginosis bacteriana se debe a una alteraci\u00f3n del equilibrio bacteriano normal (o <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"583\">microbioma<\/span>) en el <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"2391\">vagina<\/span>. <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"1058\">Lactobacilos<\/span> suelen ser los m\u00e1s comunes <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"935\">bacterias<\/span> en la vagina.  En la vaginosis bacteriana, hay un crecimiento excesivo de otras bacterias, especialmente <em>Gardnerella<\/em>, <em>Bacteroides<\/em>, <em>Peptostreptococcus<\/em> y <em>Mobiluncus<\/em> especies.  Estos son <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"1181\">anaer\u00f3bico<\/span> bacterias, es decir, crecen en ausencia de ox\u00edgeno.<\/p>\n<p>Los factores predisponentes para la vaginosis bacteriana incluyen el uso reciente de antibi\u00f3ticos de amplio espectro, disminuci\u00f3n <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"1844\">estr\u00f3geno<\/span> producci\u00f3n (por ejemplo, posmenopausia), <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"1037\">intrauterino<\/span> dispositivo (DIU) y un mayor n\u00famero de parejas sexuales.  Est\u00e1 asociado con elevado <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"890\">pH<\/span> > 4.5 dentro de la vagina.<\/p>\n<h2>\u00bfCu\u00e1les son las caracter\u00edsticas cl\u00ednicas de la vaginosis bacteriana?<\/h2>\n<p>El olor de la secreci\u00f3n espumosa de color blanco cremoso es la queja m\u00e1s com\u00fan en la vaginosis bacteriana, con una prueba de \"olor\" positiva (mal olor).  los <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"1004\">vulva<\/span> y la vagina no est\u00e1n inflamadas y cualquier ardor o picaz\u00f3n vaginal debe explicarse por otra causa de vaginitis, especialmente <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"1180\">aerobio<\/span> vaginitis.  La secreci\u00f3n puede causar una leve irritaci\u00f3n de la piel alrededor de la vagina.<\/p>\n<p>En la mayor\u00eda de las mujeres, no hay complicaciones por vaginosis bacteriana.  En el embarazo, ha habido informes que asocian la vaginosis bacteriana con el parto prematuro y la inflamaci\u00f3n alrededor del feto (corioamnionitis).  Es posible que estas complicaciones se debieran a la vaginitis aer\u00f3bica, que solo recientemente se reconoce como distinta de la vaginosis bacteriana.<\/p>\n<h2>\u00bfC\u00f3mo se hace el diagn\u00f3stico de vaginosis bacteriana?<\/h2>\n<p>En la vaginosis bacteriana, un frotis vaginal h\u00famedo muestra que los lactobacilos vaginales normales son reemplazados por m\u00faltiples cocos peque\u00f1os.  Estas son bacterias peque\u00f1as y redondas, mientras que los lactobacilos son alargados.  Tambi\u00e9n se ven c\u00e9lulas de \"pista\";  estos son <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"847\">epitelial<\/span> c\u00e9lulas del revestimiento de la vagina con muchos de los cocos adheridos a sus c\u00e9lulas.  El pH vaginal est\u00e1 elevado (> 4,5) en la mayor\u00eda de los pacientes, a diferencia de <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"1003\">vulvovaginal<\/span> candidiasis cuando se reduce por debajo de 4,5.<\/p>\n<p>La flora t\u00edpica de la vaginosis bacteriana puede ser un hallazgo normal en <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"731\">asintom\u00e1tico<\/span> mujeres postmenop\u00e1usicas. <\/p>\n<p>Los criterios de Nugent se pueden utilizar para cuantificar los hallazgos de la tinci\u00f3n de Gram [1].<\/p>\n<div id=\"square-placement-country-holder\" class=\"country-dependent advert\">\n<div class=\"box-placement square-placement\">\n<div class=\"advert__frame\">\n                        <!-- \/340621630\/dermnet_mobile_after4sections_300x250' --><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\" id=\"hidden-div-gpt-ad-1484122037505-9\" class=\"[ js-hideable ]\"><\/div>\n<p><script>\n    if (ads_screenwidth < 780 ) {\n        var inline = document.createElement(\"div\");\n        var ad = document.createElement(\"div\");\n\n        ad.id = 'div-gpt-ad-1484122037505-9';\n        ad.style.height=\"250px\";\n        ad.style.width=\"300px;\";\n\n        inline.appendChild(ad);\n        inline.className = \"inline\";\n        var placeholder = document.getElementById(\"hidden-div-gpt-ad-1484122037505-9\");\n        placeholder.parentNode.replaceChild(inline, placeholder);\n        (function () {\n            googletag.cmd.push(function () {\n                googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1484122037505-9');\n            });\n        })();\n    }\n<\/script>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>\u00bfCu\u00e1l es el tratamiento de la vaginosis bacteriana?<\/h2>\n<p>La vaginosis bacteriana fluct\u00faa naturalmente, por lo que el tratamiento no siempre es necesario. <span>Se recomienda el tratamiento de la vaginosis bacteriana durante el embarazo para reducir cualquier riesgo de complicaciones relacionadas con <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"145\">infecci\u00f3n<\/span>.  <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.4;\">Evite las duchas vaginales o el ba\u00f1o con ba\u00f1os de burbujas u otros detergentes sin pH equilibrado.  <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.4;\">Reducir el pH vaginal para estimular la restauraci\u00f3n de lactobacilos vaginales normales (p. Ej., Vitamina C vaginal \/ 250 mg de \u00e1cido asc\u00f3rbico [2], <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"2393\">intravaginal<\/span> Lactigel \u2122 una vez al d\u00eda por la noche durante 7 d\u00edas o Multi-Gyn Actigel\u00ae dos veces al d\u00eda durante 5 d\u00edas<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.4;\">).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.4;\">Introduzca comprimidos vaginales que contengan el antis\u00e9ptico decualinio 10 mg, una vez al d\u00eda durante 6 d\u00edas.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.4;\">Inserte c\u00e1psulas vaginales o pesarios de \u00e1cido b\u00f3rico de 600 mg al d\u00eda durante 14 d\u00edas y dos veces por semana<span> durante 6 a 12 meses<\/span> para prevenir un <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"1074\">reaparici\u00f3n<\/span>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.4;\">Usar intravaginal <\/span>clindamicina<span style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"> <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"1121\">crema<\/span> o <\/span>metronidazol <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"1123\">gel<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.4;\">Oral <\/span>antibi\u00f3ticos<span style=\"line-height: 1.4;\">: <\/span>metronidazol<span style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"> En la enfermedad grave se utilizan 2 gy 750 mg una vez a la semana durante 6 meses;  tinidazol y secnidazol son alternativas.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.4;\">La crema de estr\u00f3geno puede ser adecuada para mujeres posmenop\u00e1usicas con <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"809\">atr\u00f3fico<\/span> <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"2421\">vulvovaginitis<\/span>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.4;\">El metronidazol se puede usar durante el embarazo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"><span>Ha habido informes preliminares prometedores de la <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"914\">eficacia<\/span> del microbioma vaginal <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"1793\">trasplante<\/span> de mujeres donantes con vaginosis bacteriana.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Que es bacteriano vaginosis? 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