Setting and procedure
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VAGINAL INFECTION
This prospective, randomized, observer-blinded single-center study was performed at the Medical University of Vienna, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, after approval by the ethics committee of the Medical University of Vienna (protocol nr.: 2258/2016) in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and Good Clinical Practice guidelines. The study was registered with ClinicalTrials.gov (ID: NCT02979288) on 01/12/2016.We enrolled all pregnant women between 10 weeks plus 0 days (10 + 0) and 16 weeks plus 0 days (16 + 0) gestation who registered for a planned delivery in our department after obtaining patients’ informed consent. These women routinely underwent a prenatal consultation and screening for asymptomatic vaginal infections using the Nugent score