Vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC), predominantly caused by Candida albicans, is estimated to affect about 138 million women each year worldwide and 492 over their lifetimes. Recurrent VVC (RVVC), defined as four or more episodes of in a year, increasingly recognized constitutes up 10% the cases VVC. RVVC an important clinical global public health challenge project that will 160 per 2030. significa...

The available evidence suggests that a microbial ecosystem in prepubertal girls with clinical features of vulvovaginitis is complex regarding bacterial species and their mutual numerical ratio. The aim of the study was to identify and compare a number of positive and negative bacteriological findings in girls with and without vulvovaginitis, in accordance with the criteria defined. Also, the st...

OBJECTIVES To examine the frequency of post-antibiotic vulvovaginitis (PAV); describe how women prevent and treat PAV; and determine whether concern about PAV affects their decisions about taking antibiotics. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey using a written questionnaire. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Five general practice waiting rooms in north-western Melbourne, in February 2000. 1298 women aged ...

LEARNING OBJECTIVES The reader of this review will learn about the different clinical forms of allergic vulvovaginitis. This specific and important chapter has not been previously summarized and described in the medical literature. Vaginal mucosa is also able to show an allergic response similarly to the nose, eyes, lungs, and skin. Physicians should be familiarized with this kind of manifestat...

Introduction. Vulvovaginitis accounts for 25% of all pediatric gynecology consultations. Objective. To assess the etiology of vulvovaginitis based on age and Tanner staging of breast development. Material and Methods. Descriptive, cross-sectional study conducted between January 1st and December 31st, 2011. Patients with vulvovaginitis were assessed based on two outcome measures: age group (GI: ...

BACKGROUND Complementary and alternative medicines are used by many consumers, and increasingly are being incorporated into the general practitioner's armamentarium. Despite widespread usage, the evidence base for most complementary therapies is weak or non-existent. Post-antibiotic vulvovaginitis is a common problem in general practice, for which complementary therapies are often used. A recen...

OBJECTIVE To correlate the symptoms, signs and clinical diagnosis in women with vaginal discharge, based on the combined weight of the character of the vaginal discharge and bedside tests, with the laboratory diagnosis. METHODS Women presenting consecutively to the women's health center with vaginal discharge were interviewed and examined for assessment of the quantity and color of the discha...

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE Many factors influence occurrences of vulvovaginitis. The aims here were to assess skin color and age-related differences in the vaginal flora and occurrences of vulvovaginitis. DESIGN AND SETTING Cross-sectional study; tertiary referral hospital (Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, Uberaba). METHODS Healthy women who underwent routine outpatient gynecological a...