OBJECTIVE To define an entity of abnormal vaginal flora: aerobic vaginitis. DESIGN Observational study. SETTING University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium. SAMPLE 631 women attending for routine prenatal care or attending vaginitis clinic. METHODS Samples were taken for fresh wet mount microscopy of vaginal fluid, vaginal cultures and measurement of lactate, succinate and cytokin...

Vaginitis is defined as irritation of the vagina, a troublesome condition that affects millions of women of all ages in all parts of the world. The most common types of vaginitis are Bacterial vaginitis, Candida yeast infections, Trichomoniasis, and Chlamydia trachomatis. These common forms of vaginitis can usually be treated effectively with prescription or over-thecounter medication if correc...

A 75% of women will have at last one episode of vaginitis, which can become persistent in more than a half of them. Its symptoms are disturbing and carry a psychological charge for patients. Although it is frequently caused by bacterial vaginosis, vaginal candidiasis or trichomoniasis, there is other aetiology that must be taken into account, as noninfectious vaginitis and atrophic vaginitis. D...

Vaginitis is an important gynecologic disorder that accounts for nearly 5 million office visits to physicians each year. Infectious vaginitis is the most common cause for an abnormal vaginal discharge; other possible causes include cervicitis, atrophic vaginitis, physiologic discharge, physicochemical vaginitis, and psychosomatic vaginitis. Although the history and physical examination may sugg...

Vaginitis is the most prevalent disorder among the pregnant women. The objective of this study was to find out the prevalence of common types of vaginitis among the pregnant women visiting Paropakar Maternity and Women's Hospital in Kathmandu. Among 200 pregnant women included in the study, 78 (39.0%) had vaginitis. Of total 78 positive cases of vaginitis, 29.5% had candidiasis, 52.6% bacterial...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Women who do not seek treatment for recurrent vaginitis have risk to acquire other sexually transmitted infections. Besides proper antibiotic treatment, male condom acts as a barrier to various infections. Present study was done to assess type of vaginitis, its association with various contraceptive methods and need of male condom in prevention of recurrent vaginitis. ...

Gynecologic case report 117 The vast majority of vaginal fungal infections are caused by Candida species, especially Candida albicans1,2. Recently, attention has focused on an unconfirmed increase in vaginal infections caused by C. glabrata3. Most microbiological investigations of large numbers of women with fungal vaginitis have reported infrequent symptomatic vaginitis caused by unusual speci...

Vulvovaginitis is a common condition in adolescents—especially sexually active girls. The diagnosis is usually confirmed by the presence of vulvitis in addition to a vaginal discharge. The physical characteristics of the vaginal discharge can point towards the most likely etiology. Gram stain, wet preparations and culture and sensitivity tests are indicated to define an exact etiology of vagini...

Desquamative inflammatory vaginitis is a poorly understood chronic vaginitis with an unknown etiology. Symptoms of desquamative inflammatory vaginitis include copious yellowish discharge, vulvovaginal discomfort, and dyspareunia. Cervical ectropion, the presence of glandular columnar cells on the ectocervix, has not been reported as a cause of desquamative inflammatory vaginitis. Although cervi...

Aerobic Vaginitis vaginitis is closely related to the imbalance of vaginal microenvironment. In article 2202432 by Tong-Yi Sun, Yuanyuan Gao, Li-Li Li, and co-workers, a dynamically responsive core–shell nanogel (CSNG) designed. CSNG can achieve controlled temporal release antimicrobial peptide prebiotic, which high selective sterilization pathogenic bacteria promote growth beneficial simultane...