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Vaginal fish odor

MedGen UID:
1387574
•Concept ID:
C4477066
•
Finding
HPO: HP:0410022

Definition

A fish odor in the vaginal area, that is characteristic of bacterial vaginosis (BV), and is due to trimethylamine (TMA). [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVVaginal fish odor

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Home-Based Electrochemical Rapid Sensor (HERS): A Diagnostic Tool for Bacterial Vaginosis.
Banks M, Amirghasemi F, Mitchell E, Mousavi MPS
Sensors (Basel) 2023 Feb 8;23(4) doi: 10.3390/s23041891. PMID: 36850490Free PMC Article
Successful treatment of bacterial vaginosis with a policarbophil-carbopol acidic vaginal gel: results from a randomised double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
Fiorilli A, Molteni B, Milani M
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2005 Jun 1;120(2):202-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2004.10.011. PMID: 15925053
Low-dose secnidazole in the treatment of bacterial vaginosis.
Núñez JT, Gómez G
Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2005 Mar;88(3):281-5. Epub 2005 Jan 20 doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2004.11.028. PMID: 15733882

Diagnosis

Home-Based Electrochemical Rapid Sensor (HERS): A Diagnostic Tool for Bacterial Vaginosis.
Banks M, Amirghasemi F, Mitchell E, Mousavi MPS
Sensors (Basel) 2023 Feb 8;23(4) doi: 10.3390/s23041891. PMID: 36850490Free PMC Article
Trimethylamine and trimethylamine oxide levels in normal women and women with bacterial vaginosis reflect a local metabolism in vaginal secretion as compared to urine.
Wolrath H, Ståhlbom B, Hallén A, Forsum U
APMIS 2005 Jul-Aug;113(7-8):513-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2005.apm_175.x. PMID: 16086821
Successful treatment of bacterial vaginosis with a policarbophil-carbopol acidic vaginal gel: results from a randomised double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
Fiorilli A, Molteni B, Milani M
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2005 Jun 1;120(2):202-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2004.10.011. PMID: 15925053
Low-dose secnidazole in the treatment of bacterial vaginosis.
Núñez JT, Gómez G
Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2005 Mar;88(3):281-5. Epub 2005 Jan 20 doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2004.11.028. PMID: 15733882

Therapy

Trimethylamine and trimethylamine oxide levels in normal women and women with bacterial vaginosis reflect a local metabolism in vaginal secretion as compared to urine.
Wolrath H, Ståhlbom B, Hallén A, Forsum U
APMIS 2005 Jul-Aug;113(7-8):513-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2005.apm_175.x. PMID: 16086821
Successful treatment of bacterial vaginosis with a policarbophil-carbopol acidic vaginal gel: results from a randomised double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
Fiorilli A, Molteni B, Milani M
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2005 Jun 1;120(2):202-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2004.10.011. PMID: 15925053
Low-dose secnidazole in the treatment of bacterial vaginosis.
Núñez JT, Gómez G
Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2005 Mar;88(3):281-5. Epub 2005 Jan 20 doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2004.11.028. PMID: 15733882

Prognosis

Fish odor syndrome.
Rehman HU
Postgrad Med J 1999 Aug;75(886):451-2. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.75.886.451. PMID: 10646019Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Successful treatment of bacterial vaginosis with a policarbophil-carbopol acidic vaginal gel: results from a randomised double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
Fiorilli A, Molteni B, Milani M
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2005 Jun 1;120(2):202-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2004.10.011. PMID: 15925053

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