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Fluconazole‐Induced Fixed Drug Eruption With Cross‐Reactivity to Clotrimazole—Confirmation With Patch Testing [PDF]

Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine
First described in 1994, fixed drug eruption (FDE) to fluconazole is uncommon but possibly underdiagnosed. Of these, women with vaginal candidiasis remain the most affected, with on average more than four occurrences prior to diagnosis. We present a case of a 29‐year‐old female who presented after her third episode of an itchy, oedematous, blistering ...
Sron D, Martinez P, Iacobelli J, Singh P, Ricciardo B.   +4 more
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Ibrexafungerp: Mechanism of Action, Clinical, and Translational Science. [PDF]

Clin Transl Sci
ABSTRACT Ibrexafungerp is a first‐in‐class triterpenoid antifungal that targets β‐(1,3)‐glucan synthase in fungal cell wall development. It is indicated for vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) and recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis (RVVC) in adult and post‐menarchal pediatric females.
Walley AH, Dupuis LN, Woodahl EL, Killam SR.   +3 more
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Non-albicans Candida in Vulvovaginal Candidiasis: Antifungal Resistance and Expression of ERG11, CDR1, CDR2, and MDR1 Genes. [PDF]

Microbiologyopen
The rise in azole resistance among Nakaseomyces glabratus and Pichia kudriavzevii presents a growing public health challenge. These results indicate that even in cases where an isolate is classified as susceptible by drug susceptibility testing, elevated gene expression may persist, and treatment should not be discontinued.
Ranjbar Golafshani FZ, Kermani F, Abbaszadeh Godarzi S, Mahdavi Omran S.   +3 more
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Frequency and Etiology of Vulvovaginal Candidiasis in Women Referred to a Gynecological Center in Babol, lran [PDF]

International Journal of Fertility and Sterility, 2009
Background Vulvovaginal candidiasis is the most common fungal disease in sexually active women of which Candida albicans is the primary etiologic agent. Materials and methods This cross-sectional study was performed to determine the etiologic agents of
Seddigheh Esmaeilzadeh, Saeid Mahdavi Omran, Zahra Rahmani   +2 more
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Highly-cited estimates of the cumulative incidence and recurrence of vulvovaginal candidiasis are inadequately documented. [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Available literature concerning the epidemiologic or clinical features of vulvovaginal candidiasis commonly reports that: 75% of women will experience an episode of vulvovaginal candidiasis in their lifetimes, 50% of whom will experience at ...
Buffler, Patricia A, Rathod, Sujit D
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Vulvovaginal Candidiasis in Pregnant Women and its Importance for Candida Colonization of Newborns

Folia Medica, 2016
Vulvovaginal candidiasis is the second most common cause of vaginitis worldwide (after bacterial candidiasis). Maternal vulvovaginal candidiasis is a major risk factor for Candida colonization and infection of the infant where prognosis depends on ...
Zisova Liliya G., Chokoeva Anastasia A., Amaliev Georgi I., Petleshkova Penka V., Miteva-Katrandzhieva Tsonka М., Krasteva Maya B., Uchikova Ekaterina H., Kouzmanov Andrei H., Ivanova Zoya V.   +8 more
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Epidemiological Profile of Patients with Vulvovaginal Candidiasis from a Sexually Transmitted Infection Clinic in Southern Spain

Pathogens, 2023
Epidemiological data on women suffering from vulvovaginal candidiasis and its recurrence are outdated and vague. The aim of this study was to identify the prevalence of women diagnosed with vulvovaginal candidiasis, as well as the epidemiological profile
Encarnación Martínez-García, Juan Carlos Martínez-Martínez, Adelina Martín-Salvador, Alberto González-García, María Ángeles Pérez-Morente, María Adelaida Álvarez-Serrano, Inmaculada García-García   +6 more
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Population level of main microbiota and yeast-like Candida fungi in women with vulvovaginal candidiasis

Zaporožskij Medicinskij Žurnal, 2017
Aim - to determine population levels of main microbiota and yeast-like fungi of the genus Candida in healthy women and in women with vulvovaginal candidiasis. Materials and methods. For 10 years we have been surveyed 270 women in reproductive age from
N. D. Yakovychuk, S. Ye. Dejneka, I. I. Sydorchuk, L. I. Sydorchuk, A. V. Humenna, V. V. Bendas   +5 more
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Attending to Gyn-Ecology: Managing the 'Mess' of Recurrent Vulvovaginal Thrush. [PDF]

Sociol Health Illn
ABSTRACT Previous social science research on gendered experiences of thrush and vulvovaginal health has overlooked, or inadvertently sanitised, the materiality of having a body. Therefore, this study aims to return attention to the material, sensorial, and corporeal dimensions of living with recurrent thrush and use this to broaden our understandings ...
Ford T, Ziebland S, Tonkin-Crine S, Hayward G, McNiven A.   +4 more
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Nucleic acids enrichment of fungal pathogens to study host-pathogen interactions [PDF]

, 2019
Fungal infections, ranging from superficial to life-threatening infections, represent a major public health problem that affects 25% of the worldwide population.
Coucke, Paul, Guillemyn, Brecht, Rodriguez Sánchez, Antonio, Vaneechoutte, Mario   +3 more
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