The objective: to compare the state of vaginal microbiota in women with risk preterm birth and threat birth.Materials methods. study involved 150 pregnant women. inclusion criteria for were presence factors – I group (80 women) or II (70 women). control consisted 20 conditionally healthy Ultrasound (transvaginal) examination assessment carried out at 17-21+6 weeks gestation during hospitalizati...

There is some difference of opinion regarding the incidence of vaginal thrush following the treatment of trichomonal vaginitis with the new oral trichomonicide, metronidazole ("Flagyl"). Rees (1960) and Rodin, King, Nicol, and Barrow (1960) concluded that metronidazole neither encouraged nor inhibited the growth of the fungus concerned. Watt and Jennison (1960) found coincident monilial infecti...

The ability of Candida glabrata to switch between different colony phenotypes on a Sabouraud's-chloramphenicol agar supplemented with phloxine B was assessed in 14 C. glabrata isolates. Three phenotypes (pale pink smooth, dark pink smooth and fuchsia petite) were observed in vitro and two of them (pale pink smooth and dark pink smooth) in fresh clinical isolates plated directly from vaginal spe...

BACKGROUND Boric acid is a commonly cited treatment for recurrent and resistant yeast vaginitis, but data about the extent and mechanism of its antifungal activity are lacking. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to use in vitro methods to understand the spectrum and mechanism of boric acid as a potential treatment for vaginal infection. METHODS Yeast and bacterial isolates were tested by ...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether in vitro resistance of Candida albicans to the imidazoles (ketoconazole, clotrimazole and itraconazole) is associated with recurrence of candida vaginitis. DESIGN Candida isolates were collected before, during and after treatment from women with recurrent vaginal candidiasis (> or = 4 episodes/year), randomised into two prospective studies: (1) 56 women treated ...