[Contraception and the risk of genital infections in women].

Centre de Fertilité, d'Orthogénie et de Régulation des Naissances, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris.

Rev Fr Gynecol Obstet. 1989 Mar 25;84(3 Pt 2):233-6; discussion 240-4.

If the best way of preventing genital infections is probably to restrict the number of partners, physicians should not forget that local contraceptives provide a mechanical or chemical barrier, the protection of which is certainly not ineffective.