OBJECTIVE To determine whether education level and occupation are risk factors of vaginitis in pregnant women and to investigate relationship between vaginitis occurrence during pregnancy and perinatal mortality rates. METHODS A total of 319 women of early pregnancy or mid-pregnancy were enrolled. Six specimens were collected from posterior fornix of each pregnant woman and then cultured for ...

BACKGROUND Vaginitis, is an infectious inflammation of the vaginal mucosa, which sometimes involves the vulva. The balance of the vaginal flora is maintained by the Lactobacilli and its protective and probiotic role in treating and preventing vaginal infection by producing antagonizing compounds which are regarded as safe for humans. AIM The aim of this study was to evaluate the protective ro...

62 patients with dermatomycoses and 39 patients suffering from vaginitis were treated with topical application (1 X ) of clotrimazole (Canesten) cream and vaginal tablets (100 mg) respectively. A majority of the patients (44) of dermatophytoses were completely cured in 3 to 6 weeks and all cases (11) of cutaneous candidiasis in 1 to 2 weeks. 14 cases of candida vaginitis were cured in 2 weeks a...

Candida vaginitis Other than the dermatophytic mycoses, Candida vaginitis is the most common fungal disease in the United Kingdom, described by Morton and Rashid (1977) as a near epidemic. Almost all the known facts about it are enumerative or descriptive and little is known of the factors affecting the pathogenesis, recrudescence, or recurrence of the mycosis. The facts do not disclose the psy...

Bacterial and Fungal Organisms in the Vagina of Normal Cows and Cows with Vaginitis. (December 2003) James Ross Husted, B.S. Texas A&M University Chair of Advisory Committee: Dr. R. Bruce Simpson Previous studies on infections of the reproductive tract in various animal species have focused on uterine and cervical infections. This study defined the bacterial flora from the vaginal fornix of 110...