Table 4.
Overall therapeutic outcome (clinical cure, microbiological cure, and therapeutic cure in both groups).
| Variables | Bacterial vaginosis | Candidiasis | Cervicitis | uPID | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groups | AG | PG | AG | PG | AG | PG | AG | PG | |
| No. of Pt | 7(100) | 6(100) | 0 | 1(100) | 22(100) | 22(100) | 7(100) | 14(100) | |
| Clinical cure | |||||||||
| Colour of discharge | |||||||||
| D0 | White | 7(100) | 4(66.6) | 0 | 1(100) | 4(66.6) | 6(27.27) | 2(28.57) | 4(28.57) |
| Greyish | 0(0) | 0 | 15(68.18) | 14(63.63) | 2(28.57) | 6(42.85) | |||
| Yellowish | 0(0) | 2(33.33) | 3(13.63) | 2(9.09) | 3(42.85) | 4(28.57) | |||
| Greenish | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | |||
| D11-14 | Responded | 7(100) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17(77.27) | 0 | 5(71.42) | 0 |
| Odour of discharge | |||||||||
| D0 | No-smell | 0(0) | 0(0) | — | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) |
| Foul-smell | 7(100) | 0(0) | — | 1(100) | 19(86.36) | 21(95.45) | 5(71.42) | 8(57.14) | |
| Fishy | 0(0) | 6(100) | 3(13.63) | 1(4.54) | 2(28.57) | 6(42.85) | |||
| D11-14 | Responded | 7(100) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20(90.90) | 0 | 7(100) | 0 |
| Amount of discharge | |||||||||
| D0 | Present | 7(100) | 6(100) | — | 1(100) | 22(100) | 22(100) | 7(100) | 14(100) |
| D11-14 | Responded | 7(100) | 0 | — | 0 | 10(45.45) | 0 | 5(71.42) | 0 |
| D0 | Ut. motion tenderness | — | — | — | — | 17(77.27) | 18(81.81) | 7(100) | 14(100) |
| D11-14 | Responded | — | — | — | — | 10(58.82) | 0 | 5(71.42) | 0 |
| D0 | McPS | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7(100) | 14(100) |
| D11 | Responded | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5(71.42) | 0 |
| Microbiological and investigational cure (vaginal smear, pH, pap smear) | |||||||||
| D0 | pH > 4.5 | 6(85.7) | 5(83.33) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| D11-14 | Responded | 6(100) | 0 | ||||||
| D0 | Clue cells | 7(100) | 6(100) | ||||||
| Hyphae | — | — | — | 1(100) | — | — | — | — | |
| Pus cells >10 | 22(100) | 21 (95.45) | 6(85.71) | 13(92.8) | |||||
| D11-14 | Responded | 7(100) | 0 | 0 | 13(59.09) | 0 | 6 | 7(100) | |
| D0 | Whiff test | 7(100) | 6(100) | — | — | — | — | — | 7(100) |
| D11-14 | Responded | 7(100) | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 7(100) |
| D0 | Pap smear | 7(100) | 6(100) | - | 1(100) | 22(100) | 22(100) | 7(100) | |
| D11-14 | Responded | 7(100) | 0 | — | — | 10(45.45) | 0 | 7(100) | |
| Therapeutic cure | 7(100) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10(45.45) | 0 | 5(71.42) | 0 | |
Data presented were as follows: no (%); AG : Acacia group; PG : placebo group; McPS : Modified McCormack Pain Scale; Pt : patient; uPID (uncomplicated pelvic inflammatory disease)