Sera from 200 pregnant women, with symptoms suggestive of vaginitis and harbouring yeast in the vagina, were examined for precipitating antibodies to three antigens of C. albicans, using a gel double diffusion test. A high overall incidence of precipitin-positive sera (47.5%) was found compared with an incidence of 18% in the unselected pregnant population previously studied (Stanley, Hurley, a...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Vulvovaginal candidiasis is a common fungal infection among women during reproductive ages. Although, Candida albicans is accounted as the main etiologic agent of vaginitis, non-albicans species have arisen during last years. Resistant to antifungal drugs especially, fluconazole has been more reported by researchers from around the World. The aims of this study were to...

We compared susceptibility to Candida vaginitis in derived murine substrains differing in sensitivity to estrogen (CD-1 and CD10, resistant; CD3 and C57BL/6 responsive), and in F1 crosses. The order of decreasing resistance was CD-1 > or = CD10 > or = CD10 x CD3F1 > CD10 x B6F1 > CD3 > C57BL/6 and correlated with estrogen responsiveness in endocrine disruptor assays. Resistance to Candida vagin...

SYNOPSIS Sera from 200 pregnant women, with symptoms suggestive of vaginitis and harbouring yeast in the vagina, were examined for precipitating antibodies to three antigens of C. albicans, using a gel double diffusion test. A high overall incidence of precipitin-positive sera (47.5 %) was found compared with an incidence of 18% in the unselected pregnant population previously studied (Stanley,...

Vaginitis is mostly caused by Trichomonas vaginalis leading to mild to severe infections in the vaginal mucosa. The treatment for this disease can be initiated with the help of antimicrobial and antifungal agents in various dosage forms. Novel dosage forms have gained prior significance in recent formulation researches due to their inevitable controlled drug release mechanism and site specific ...

INTRODUCTION Infectious vaginitis is a common clinical syndrome diagnosed in more than one quarter of women attending clinics for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) [1] and with increasing frequency in private practice [2]. Effective management of the syndrome depends on an acceptably accurate etiologic diagnosis, as the most effective therapies are narrowspectrum medications that target the ...

Desquamative inflammatory vaginitis is an uncommon cause of an intractable vaginitis often accompanied by serious dyspareunia, which can occur at any stage of reproductive life and after the menopause. The cytological changes are identical with those seen in atrophic vaginitis yet the disorder often occurs in the presence of apparently normal ovarian function. Vaginal synechiae and stenosis dev...

SENILE vaginitis is a distressing condition frequently encountered in gynxcological practice. It is an atrophy of the vaginal mucosa occurring usually at the time of the menopause. The thin mucosa becomes very prone to infection and often small superficial areas of granulation or ulceration develop. The common symptoms complained of are vulval pruritis, burning, and soreness. Also a rather thin...

263 Vaginitis is a very common disease, affecting millions of women and is one of the primary reasons why women visit their doctor, but, among these, the true incidence of vaginal infections is difficult to ascertain, since most women and sometimes their doctors use the term vaginitis as a synonym for infections, assuming that all vulvovaginal irritations or itching, especially when accompanied...