abstract background and objectives: candida vaginitis is one of the most infectious diseases which millions of women aged 45-15 years are annually being referred to clinics. the purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and the relationship between candida vaginitis and variables such as age, contraceptive procedures and the number of labor. material and methods: we carried out this...

After a recent report showing the in vitro susceptibility to mebendazole of a strain of Trichomonas vaginalis that was resistant to metronidazole, we present two cases of metronidazole resistant infection, both of which failed to respond to oral mebendazole.

background and aim: about 20% of non-pregnant women aged 15 to 55 harbour candida albicans in the vagina .the aimed to determine the characterization of candida species isolated from women with vulvovaginitis candidates (vvc) of reproductive ages. methods: this descriptive study was conducted on 280 of who were selected for gathering samples by purposive sampling based on their history and char...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether treatment of the sexual partners of women with chronic vulvovaginal candidiasis with oral ketoconazole can reduce the recurrence rate of candida vaginitis. DESIGN Single blind randomised study where all the women were treated with ketoconazole 400 mg daily for 7 days after an acute episode of candida vaginitis and half the male partners were treated with ketocon...

INTRODUCTION Vaginitis is one of the most common reasons women visit a gynecologist. Escherichia coli has been isolated from women with vaginitis, but its role as a vaginal infection aetiological agent is controversial. This study aimed to detect virulence genes and determine the antimicrobial susceptibility of E. coli strains isolated from monomicrobial and polymicrobial cultures collected fro...