The present work was designed to evaluate the in vitro and in vivo anti-Candida activity of pogostone (PO), a natural product isolated from Pogostemon cablin (Blanco) Benth. PO showed potent in vitro activity against clinical Candida spp. isolates tested in this study. PO and the reference drug voriconazole (VRC) were equally effective against all the fluconazole-resistant Candida albicans stra...

BACKGROUND Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) enhance human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 susceptibility, but few studies have examined the reciprocal effect of HIV-1 on STD acquisition. METHODS Data from a prospective cohort study conducted among female sex workers in Mombasa, Kenya between 1993 and 2003 were used to determine the effect of HIV-1 infection on STD susceptibility. The cohor...

objective(s) to compare two identification methods, i.e., restriction fragment length polymorphism (rflp)-pcr analysis and enzymatic method rapid tm yeast plus system to identify different species causing vulvovaginal candidiasis (vvc). materials and methods vaginal discharges of women who had attended the gynecology outpatient clinic of mobini hospital in sabzevar, iran were collected using co...

In this metaanalysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) we aimed to compare the in vivo and in vitro activity and the safety of per os itraconazole and fluconazole treatment of uncomplicated acute vaginal/vulvovaginal candidiasis in nonpregnant women. We used PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library to identify the studies that were relevant to our metaanalysis RCTs. Six RCTs we...

This randomized double-blind placebo controlled study assessed the vaginal colonization of lactic acid bacteria and clinical outcome. Vaginal capsules containing L gasseri LN40, Lactobacillus fermentum LN99, L. casei subsp. rhamnosus LN113 and P. acidilactici LN23, or placebos were administered for five days to 95 women after conventional treatment of bacterial vaginosis and/or vulvovaginal can...

A workshop on updates on intraepithelial neoplasia of the vulva was held at the 2009 World Congress of the International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Diseases in Edinburgh, Scotland, September 2009. This is a review of the information presented.

A candidíase vulvovaginal, é uma infecção da vulva e vagina causada por vários tipos de Candida spp. Essa patologia afeta 75% todas as mulheres pelo menos vez durante a vida, ocorrendo com mais frequência idade fértil. transmissão dessa infeção fúngica ocorre meio contato mucosas secreções em pele portadores ou doentes, sexual, água contaminada vertical. Alguns outros sintomas característicos v...

In 1990, more than 13 million American women received prescriptions for treating vaginitis-the most common reason for visiting the gynecologist. (1) Vaginitis caused by yeast species accounts for approximately 40% of these cases, second only to bacterial vaginosis (45%). (2,3) The incidence of vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) has increased dramatically in the past decade. In the United Kingdom, t...

BACKGROUND It is estimated that as many as 13 million cases of vulvovaginal infection occur in the United States annually, the majority of which are the result of Candida albicans infection. The symptoms of vulvovaginal infections are often painful and distressing to the patient. The objective of this study was to compare the time to symptomatic relief of vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) with but...