Dantas, Deyse de SousaOliveira, Ana Beatriz Dantas2023-07-262023-07-262023-07-06OLIVEIRA, Ana Beatriz Dantas. O papel dos probióticos nas vulvovaginites em mulheres em idade reprodutiva: uma revisão integrativa. Orientador: Deyse de Sousa Dantas. 2023. 30 f. Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso (Graduação em Farmácia) - Departamento de Farmácia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 2023.https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/54169Around 75% of the female population of reproductive age will be affected at least once in their lifetime with vulvovaginal candidiasis, with no restriction by socioeconomic level. Because it is a problem that directly impacts women's health and well-being, vulvovaginitis, such as candidiasis and bacterial vaginosis, is of clinical importance worldwide. A therapeutic alternative for the treatment of vulvovaginitis that has been researched and gained evidence is probiotics. Probiotics are live microorganisms capable of exerting a medicinal effect depending on the dosage. This study aims to provide scientifically based information on the use of probiotics in the most prevalent causes of vulvovaginitis. The methodology was based an integrative review, based the collection of articles in the PubMed, Lilacs, Scopus and Embase databases, from 2013 to May 2023. In the end, 11 articles were included in the review. The analyzed studies pointed to probiotics as promising therapeutic agents, but their most effective role is still as an adjuvant to traditional treatment schemes. Therefore, the need for more robust studies is seen so that we have greater certainty about the therapeutic efficacy of probiotics for vulvovaginal infections.CC0 1.0 Universalhttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ProbióticosMulheresVulvovaginiteFlora vaginalCandidíase vulvovaginalbachelorThesis