Prepared for:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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Contract Number 290-02-0024, Task Order Number 1

Prepared by:

Oregon Evidence-based Practice Center

Oregon Health and Science University

3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road

Portland, Oregon 97239

www.ohsu.edu/epc/usptf/index.htm

Investigators:

Peggy Nygren, MA

Rongwei Fu, PhD

Michele Freeman, MPH

Christina Bougatsos, BS

Jeanne-Marie Guise, MD, MPH

This work has been updated in a subsequent Annals of Internal Medicine manuscript published on February 5, 2008.

AHRQ Publication No. 08-05106-EF-1

January 2008

Suggested Citation: Nygren P, Fu R, Freeman M, Bougatsos C, Guise JM. Screening and Treatment for Bacterial Vaginosis in Pregnancy: Systematic Review to Update the 2001 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation. Evidence Synthesis No. 57. AHRQ Publication No. 08-05106-EF-1. Rockville, Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: January 2008.

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