What to do with the patient with recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis
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What to do with the patient with recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis.
The problem Genital infection with candida species is common in women, 75% of whom will have had at least one episode during their lives. Indeed, there is a 15–20% point prevalence of asymptomatic candida carriage in young, nonpregnant, premenopausal women. While acute episodes of candidal vulvovaginitis usually respond rapidly to treatment, some women suVer frequent recurrences or chronic infe...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sexually Transmitted Infections
سال: 1999
ISSN: 1368-4973
DOI: 10.1136/sti.75.4.225