A regimen of treatment for vaginitis combining the use of a povidone-iodine solution for swabbing, a povidone-iodine vaginal gel for application at night and a povidone-iodine douche for use in the morning, was evaluated in 93 courses of treatment in 87 patients with monilial or trichomonal vaginitis or a combination of both. In monilial vaginitis, symptoms were cleared and negative laboratory ...

results there was a statistically significant difference in vaginal itching, discharge, irritation, vulvovaginal redness and inflammation after the treatment between the two groups and much more in the study group (p ˂ 0.001). however, the culture and wet mount (with koh) results showed much improvement in the study group after treatment. conclusions the use of nigella sativa l. capsule with cl...

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...

Ten instances of bronchopulmonary moniliasis due to C. albicans in neonatal infants, 1 to 11 days of age, are described. The incidence was 1.05% out of a total of 947 consecutive necropsies on neonates. Diagnosis was established by morphological identification of the fungi. Seven cases were associated with inflammatory exudation. In three cases inflammation was absent. Infection secondary to mo...

MATERIAL AND METHODS The present study was conducted at the Sardar Patel Memorial Hospital, Bilaspur, between January 1973 and January 1975 – approximating two years. During this period, 423 cases suffering from leucorrhoea were screened from which 100 cases completed the study. The cases were registered and studied as per details of a pro forma designed for this trial. The investigations were ...

Junvenile diabetes mellitus may present acutely as diabetic ketoacidosis or with a chronic history of polyuria, polydipsia and polyphagia. Uncommon presentations include unexplained fever and weight loss, abdominal pain and secondary enuresis. Pyogenic skin infections and monilial vaginitis in teenage girls and adults may be present at the time of diagnosis but are rarely the sole presenting fe...

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...