Treatment of chronic vulvovaginal candidiasis with posaconazole and ciclopiroxolamine
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Treatment of chronic vulvovaginal candidiasis with posaconazole and ciclopiroxolamine
Therapy of chronic recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) caused by Candida glabrata is still rare in comparison to C. albicans infection, but therapy remains more difficult. Combination therapy with topical antifungals may improve therapy outcome, but still standard agents as fluconazole or itraconazole often fail. Posaconazole is a new systemic triazole with a wide antifungal spectrum inclu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Health
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1949-4998,1949-5005
DOI: 10.4236/health.2010.26077