Comparison of amphotericin B and nystatin pessaries in Candida infection of the vagina.

نویسنده

  • G W Csonka
چکیده

Nystatin is a well-established topical fungicidal agent in the treatment of vaginitis due to Candida albicans (Pace and Schantz, 1956; Chesney, 1956; Rohatiner, 1966). Amphotericin B is effective in a number of systemic fungal infections and can also be used locally, yet few studies have appeared on its value in Candida vaginitis (Jennison, 1958; Stough and Blank, 1958) and none has been designed to compare the two preparations with each other. The present report compares the two drugs in Candida infection of the vagina in pregnant and non-pregnant women.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The British journal of venereal diseases

دوره 43 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1967