Recurrent vaginal candidiasis is one of the most common reasons for patients visiting their primary care doctors. Majority of the cases are caused by Candida albicans. Controlling of risk factors such as diabetes mellitus, used of broad spectrum antibiotics, contraceptive pills and steroid therapy helps in managing recurrent vaginal candidiasis. Initial 14-day course of oral azoles and followed...

BACKGROUND Many patients experience recurrent or persistent episodes of vaginal candidiasis. Some of these women might be carriers of an inborn error of biotin metabolism (either biotinidase deficiency or holocarboxylase synthetase activity). These women might benefit from administration of pharmacologic amounts of biotin. CASE A 38-year-old gravida 2, para 2 carrier of biotinidase deficiency...

candida albicans is an opportunistic fungal pathogen found as mycoflora in the human body surfaces. sevral genes play a crucial rule in its virulence including hwp1 (hyphal wall protein 1), bcr1 and als gene family. hwp1 gene is a responsible for coding a cell surface protein, which mediates biofilm formation in candida albicans. here we investigated the presence of the hwp1gene was characteris...

OBJECTIVES To document the microscopic features of vaginal candidiasis and to examine the relation between yeast morphology and patient symptomatology. METHOD The study population comprised women undergoing screening for genital infection at a department of genitourinary medicine. RESULTS/CONCLUSION Data were collected on 267 women of whom 234 were found to have vaginal candidiasis by vagin...

In these studies, significant protection against experimental vaginal candidiasis after a subcutaneous immunization with Candida albicans extract was achieved in BALB/c mice but not in C57BL/6 (B6) mice. Protection from vaginal candidiasis was transferred to naive BALB/c mice by a population of spleen cells derived from immunized BALB/c mice. Removal of CD3 or CD4 but not CD8 T cells before tra...

Comparison of sensitivity to fluconazole and itraconazole in patients with vaginal candidiasis referred hospitals Islamic Azad University, Tehran Medical Sciences

candidiasis is one of the commonest causes of vaginitis.different treatment have been suggested for this disease.oral  itraconazole is one of the newest medications.to evaluate the antifungal activity of this drug in vaginal candidiasis,this study was performed on a random sample of patients.fifty patients with vaginal candidiasis confirmed by direct examination and culture,were treated by a si...

PURPOSE To estimate the prevalence of bacterial vaginosis (BV), candidiasis and trichomoniasis and compare the findings of physical examination of the vaginal secretion with the microbiological diagnosis obtained by cytology study of a vaginal smear using the Papanicolaou method. METHODS A cross-sectional study of 302 women aged 20 to 87 years, interviewed and submitted to a gynecology test f...

Speculum examination to inspect vaginal walls, cervix, and characteristics of discharge. Although not mandatory, vaginal pH can be checked by using a swab to collect discharge from the lateral vaginal wall and rubbing on to narrow range pH paper. This can help discriminate between bacterial vaginosis, trichomoniasis, and candidiasis. Take endocervical swabs if there is risk of sexually transmit...