Patients: 387 women >18 years of age (mean age 34 y, 67% white) who had active, acute candida vaginitis (severity score >3), a positive result on microscopic examination of vaginal secretions, >4 episodes of candida vaginitis in the previous 12 months, and were clinically cured (severity score ,3) at 14 days after receiving 3 sequential doses of fluconazole, 150 mg, at 72 hour intervals. Exclus...

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 design...

Reproductive tract infection (Vaginitis etc) is a common public health problem with 5 % of annual incidence and 40 million new infections occur every year. This problem has gained so much importance that it became part of Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) programme which was introduced in October 1997 (American college of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 2011; Andersonb et al., 2004; Amsel et...

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 ...

Trichomonas vaginalis (Donne) is a flagellate protozoon, commonly found in this country and considered to be a cause of purulent vaginal discharge. It is a common finding in pregnant women attending antenatal clinics. Sexual intercourse is believed to be the principal, but not exclusive, mode of infection, the male partner usually remaining free of symptoms. Infection by Trichomonas vaginalis i...

A retrospective survey of women treated in prison for trichomonal vaginitis with metronidazole showed that 488 of 496 (98.3%) were cured after one course of drugs. Five of the eight treatment failures were successfully treated by further courses of metronidazole.A regimen of 400 mg metronidazole twice daily for seven days is simple and effective when taken in prescribed dosage. Metronidazole is...