Vulvo-vaginal candidiasis (VVC) is a common infection among women. 5-8% of women with acute infection experience recurrent vulvo-vaginal candidiasis (RVVC). There is currently no gold standard treatment for RVVC. Although antifungal agents such as imidazoles have been successfully used as first-line treatment for acute VVC, the effectiveness of these medications is limited for RVVC, and various...

Pruritus vulvae can have infectious as well as noninfectious causes. In sexually active women, infectiousborne pruritus is mainly caused by vulvovaginal candidiasis. However, also changes in the bacterial flora can cause itching and burning. In persistent and regressing cases, we also have to consider non-infectious dermatoses. Here, the most common disease is lichen sclerosus, not only present...

One hundred patients with vulvovaginal candidosis were entered in a double-blind trial to compare the effect of six days' local treatment with clotrimazole with that of the same treatment plus 10 days' oral treatment with nystatin. No significant differences were detected in the rate of cure or relapse between the treatment groups. The cure rate was lowest and the relapse rate highest in patien...

the aim of the present study was to investigate the antifungal activity of zatariamultiflora essential oil, fluconazole and ciclopirox olamine against 44 non-albicanscandida isolates from patients with recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis. a set of c.glabrata (29 strains), c. krusei (3 stains) and c. patapsilosis (2 strains) were studiedusing clinical and laboratory standards institute (clsi) bro...