candida exists as a normal flora on skin and mucosa. the prevalence of candida-induced infections specially mucosal and vaginal infections have been raised in the world in last decade due to increase in predisposing factors. c.albicans is the major etiological agent of candidiasis, but infections due to other species have been increasing. the aim of this study was to determine candida species b...

this is to report the case of a huge vaginal stone, and bladder calculi in a 26-year-old woman with previous operation of bladder exstrophy. it seems that the vaginal stone was secondary to the remaining wire used in her previous reconstructive surgery for pelvic closure 20 years ago and now surgery is performed to remove the vaginal and bladder stones.

group b streptococcus (gbs) is one of the most important bacteria in the majority of maternal and neonatal infections, such as chorioamnionitis, endometritis, bacteremia, sepsis and meningitis. during pregnancy, gbs screening is one of the recommended strategies that are recommended by center of disease control (cdc). this study was aimed to determine the rectovaginal colonization prevalence am...

Vaginal development has been a longstanding controversy, which hampers studies on vaginal diseases as well as cervical and uterine diseases. Most concerns center on: why is the vaginal epithelium different from the uterine epithelium; and where does the vagina originate from? It is commonly held that the rodent vagina has a dual origin: the cranial part is derived from the Mullerian duct (Mulle...