Vulvovaginal Candidiasis
Evaluation of phenotypic methods for speciation of Candida and in vitro production of virulence factors from Vulvovaginal Candidiasis
... This study was carried out in the department of Aarupadai Veedu Medical College and Hospital, Puducherry, India during the period of August 2010 to September 2012. The study was started after getting the ethical ...
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Non-Albicans Candida among Symptomatic Vulvovaginal Candidiasis Women in Onitsha, Nigeria
... drugs such as azoles which are readily available over the counter and therefore easily abused; this would tend to favor the selection of the non-albicans species that may have been carried asymptomatically in the vagina, ...
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Vulvovaginal candidiasis: species distribution of Candida and their antifungal susceptibility pattern
... of vulvovaginal candidiasis, the frequency of vulvovagi- nal candidiasis caused by other Candida species, such as ...causing vulvovaginal candidiasis from patients attending at the ...
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Antifungal Resistant in Non-Albicans Candida Species are Emerging as a Threat to Antenatal Women with Vulvovaginal Candidiasis
... In this study, overall resistance was 26(23.2%) of miconazole followed by 25(22.3%) ketoconazole, 19(17%) clotrimazole, 16(15.6%) fluconazole, 16(14.2%) nystatin, 12(10.8%) amphotericin B and 9(8.1%) voriconazole. ...
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Identification of various Candida species isolated from patients with vulvovaginal candidiasis attending a tertiary care hospital in North India
... of Vulvovaginal Candidiasis attending Out Patient Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of Integral Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Lucknow, to identify the various species of Candida causing ...
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Current patient perspectives of vulvovaginal candidiasis: incidence, symptoms, management and post-treatment outcomes
... Vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) is a common fungal infection caused by Candida species, predominantly C. albicans [1]. Historical reports approximate that 70% of all women will have at least one episode of ...
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Efficient Diagnosis of Vulvovaginal Candidiasis by Use of a New Rapid Immunochromatography Test
... Vaginitis is the commonest reason for gynecological consul- tation in women of childbearing age. Anaerobic bacteria are the most prevalent cause of vaginal infection in the United States and Europe, followed closely by ...
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Alpha Defensins Genes and Vulvovaginal Candidiasis: A Study of Cases
... Recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis (RVVC) is defined by the occurrence of three or more VVC recorded ep- isodes, with clinical diagnosis and culture confirmation, in the course of one year [12] ...
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Vaginal Heparan Sulfate Linked to Neutrophil Dysfunction in the Acute Inflammatory Response Associated with Experimental Vulvovaginal Candidiasis
... ABSTRACT Despite acute inflammation by polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs) during vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC), clearance of Candida fails to occur. The pur- pose of this study was to uncover the ...
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Prevalence of vulvovaginal candidiasis in females in the reproductive age group
... of vulvovaginal candidiasis among reproductive age group of pregnant and non-pregnant women, attending our outpatient department, to find out its distribution in different age groups and associated risk ...
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Efficacy of antifungal drugs in the treatment of vulvovaginal candidiasis: a Bayesian network meta-analysis
... oral candidiasis (up to April 2018) were retrieved from PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library, and ...“Vulvovaginal Candidiasis” [MeSH] OR “Vulvovaginal Moniliases” [MeSH] OR “Vul- vovaginal ...
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Multilocus sequence typing analysis of Candida africana from vulvovaginal candidiasis
... Background: Candida africana is distributed worldwide and colonized in human genitalia and cause mainly vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC). We report the multilocus sequence typing (MLST) analysis of C. ...
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Bacterial vaginosis, vulvovaginal candidiasis and trichomonal vaginitis among reproductive aged women seeking primary healthcare in Sana’a city, Yemen
... Inflammation of the vagina, or vaginitis, is caused by various infectious and non-infectious factors [1]. The most common causes of infectious vaginitis are bacterial vaginosis (BV), vulvovaginal ...
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PREVALENCE AND ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY PROFILE OF VULVOVAGINAL CANDIDIASIS AMONGST WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE IN JOS METROPOLIS, NIGERIA
... Vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) is an opportunistic fungal infection of the female lower genital tract caused by Candida ...Mucosal candidiasis, especially vulvovaginal candidiasis, is ...
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Vulvovaginal candidiasis as an underestimated complaint in women of reproductive age group a review of 15 years (2000 2015) from india
... Vulvovaginal Candidiasis (VVC) is caused by overgrowth of Candida yeast species in the vagina. It is characterized by curd-like vaginal discharge, itching, and erythema. It affects 3 out of 4 women in their ...
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Polyhexamethylene Biguanide in Vaginal Solution Is Effective in the Treatment of Vulvovaginal Candidiasis: A Pilot Study
... Vaginitis represents one of the most recurrent conditions for which women need medical care and it can be due to a wide variety of causes, often associated with infec- tions or atrophic changes. The most common ...
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Transcriptomic Analysis of Vulvovaginal Candidiasis Identifies a Role for the NLRP3 Inflammasome
... ABSTRACT Treatment of vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC), caused most frequently by Candida albicans, represents a significant unmet clinical need. C. albicans, as both a commensal and a pathogenic organism, ...
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Prevalence of vulvovaginal candidiasis, bacterial vaginosis and trichomoniasis in pregnant women attending antenatal clinic in the middle belt of Ghana
... include vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC), bacterial vaginosis (BV), and trichomoniasis (TV) which have been association with poor pregnancy outcomes but typically unattended to [3, 5, ...
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Overexpression of MDR-1 and CDR-2 genes in fluconazole resistance of Candida albicans isolated from patients with vulvovaginal candidiasis
... Background and Purpose: Candida albicans (C. albicans) is an opportunistic fungus that can colonize women’s mucosal epithelial cell surfaces, causing vulvovaginitis in specific circumstances. The major genes contributing ...
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Lamisil versus clotrimazole in the treatment of vulvovaginal candidiasis.
... cutaneous candidiasis (16, 17), diseases due to dimorphic (17) and saprophytic fungi (18) during last two ...prevalence vulvovaginal candidiasis, resistance to antifungals and new predisposing ...
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