Effectiveness and Costs of Molecular Screening and Treatment for Bacterial Vaginosis to Prevent Preterm Birth: The AuTop Randomized Clinical Trial.

Importance: Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a well-known risk factor for preterm birth. Molecular diagnosis of BV is now available. Its impact in the screening and treatment of BV during pregnancy on preterm births has not been evaluated to date.

[Treatment of ectopic pregnancy].

Ectopic pregnancy, a sometimes mortal complication, currently rests one of the more frequently seen problems in women being treated for sterility. The treatment, classically surgical, is now tending towards a medical treatment by methotrexate. Surgical excision of a tubular ectopic pregnancy is done by laparoscopy in preference to laparotomy, which is reserved for an acute haemoperitoneum.