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Therapeutic Response and Antifungal Susceptibility to Fluconazole in Women with Vulvovaginal Candidiasis

پیاورد سلامت, 2022
Background and Aim: Vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) is a vaginal fungal infection that mainly caused by Candida albicans. Among various treatments and their controversial outcomes, oral fluconazole has been accepted as a common and efficient treatment for
Zahra Vahedpoor, Mohammad Javad Azadchehr, Taha Baghbani, Tayebeh Felfelian Fini, Mehdi Nazeri   +4 more
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Candida biofilm formation and recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis [PDF]

Microbiology Australia, 2023
Recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis (RVVC), a recalcitrant Candida infection of the lower female reproductive tract, is a difficult-to-treat medical condition affecting the morbidity of many otherwise healthy women.
Yue Qu, Xenia Kostoulias, Yao Sun
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Clotrimazole‐loaded PLGA microparticles for local drug delivery to the vagina: Shape does matter

Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, Volume 9, Issue 4, Page 752-764, April 2026.
Clotrimazole‐loaded PLGA microparticles for intravaginal delivery. Abstract Background Intravaginal drug administration is the most promising strategy for treating vaginal infections to protect women's health, such as vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC). However, conventional vaginal formulations in the clinic face challenges such as drug leakage and low ...
Yanyu Li, Jingting Luo, Shitao Zou, Xin Zhang, Zhen Wang, Ziwen Jiang, Jingjie Wang, Zhaoxia Liu, Zhimin Zhou   +8 more
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Gynecologic conditions in the context of incarceration: A scoping review

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, Volume 173, Issue 1, Page 117-137, April 2026.
Abstract Background More than 740 000 people identified as female at intake were incarcerated globally as of 2022, reflecting a 60% global increase since the year 2000, with a concomitant increase in gynecologic conditions experienced behind bars.
Meredith K. Wise, Sahana Raghunathan, Sreya Upputuri, Elana Jaffe Brotkin, Tre D. Thorne, Jamie Conklin, Andrea K. Knittel   +6 more
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'If your husband calls, you have to go': understanding sexual agency among young married women in urban South India.

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Early marriage is common in many developing countries, including India. Women who marry early have little power within their marriage, particularly in the sexual domain.
Edmeades, Jeffrey, Krishnan, Suneeta, Pande, Rohini Prabha, Rathod, Sujit, Suneeta Krishnan, Rohini Prabha Pande, Sujit Rathod, Falle, Tina Y, Jeffrey Edmeades, Tina Y. Falle   +9 more
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Current opportunities for treatment and prevention of recurrent vulvovaginitis in reproductive aged women

Репродуктивная эндокринология, 2021
Vulvovaginal candidiasis is an urgent medical and social problem, a common reason for women to see a doctor. This disease occurs in women of different ages, which leads to a significant decrease in the quality of life, and to more serious complications ...
N.V. Kosei, S.I. Reheda, M.I. Hlamazda, L.A. Vasylchenko   +3 more
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Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans in Immunity

Proteoglycan Research, Volume 4, Issue 2, April 2026.
ABSTRACT In immune cells, heparin was first identified in mast cells in the 1940s, followed by the discovery of heparan sulfate in lymphocytes and granulocytes during the 1970s and 1980s. Subsequent decades of research have revealed how heparan sulfate and heparin, conjugated to core proteins as heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPGs), act as versatile ...
Moe Iwai, Pyong Woo Park
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Lived experience of medical management in recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis: a qualitative study of an uncertain journey

, 2022
BACKGROUND: Recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis (RVVC) is experienced by up to 10% of pre-menopausal women globally, yet there is limited research exploring the perspective of women living with this challenging condition.
Tiralongo, Evelin, Walpola, Ramesh L, Ware, Robert S., Walpola, Ramesh L., Strydom, Moira Bradfield, McMillan, Sara, Khan, Sohil, Ware, Robert S, Bradfield Strydom, Moira   +8 more
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Miconazole for the treatment of vulvovaginal candidiasis. In vitro, in vivo and clinical results. Review of the literature

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2023
At concentrations achieved following systemic administration, the primary effect of imidazoles and triazoles on fungi is inhibition of 14-α-sterol demethylase, a microsomal cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzyme. Imidazoles and triazoles impair the biosynthesis of
Pedro Antonio Regidor, Manopchai Thamkhantho, Chenchit Chayachinda, Santiago Palacios   +3 more
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Evidence‐ and consensus‐based guideline on lichen sclerosus

JDDG: Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft, Volume 24, Issue 4, Page 566-584, April 2026.
Summary The German‐language, consensus‐ and evidence‐based S3 guideline on lichen sclerosus (LS) was developed based on the European “EuroGuiDerm Guideline on lichen sclerosus” under the leadership of the German Dermatological Society (DDG) and the German Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics (DGGG).
Gudula Kirtschig, Linn Woelber, Andreas Günthert, Karl Becker, Alexandra Ciresa‐König, Bettina Fischer, Susanne Fricke‐Otto, Claudia Günther, Christine Hirchenhain, Narayani Helga Köllmann, Alexander Kreuter, Bartosz Malisiewicz, Felix Neis, Dan mon O'Dey, Hagen Ott, Martin Promm, Regina Renner, Anne‐Rose Schardt, Ines Schweizer, Raimund Stein, Jan Ter‐Nedden, Gerda Trutnovsky, Agnes Wand, Gerhard Weyandt, Ricardo N. Werner, Maria Kinberger   +25 more
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