Candida lusitaniae as an Unusual Cause of Recurrent Vaginitis and its Successful Treatment With Intravaginal Boric Acid

Autor: Neil S. Silverman, Margie Morgan, W. S. Nichols
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2001
Předmět:
Zdroj: Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vol 9, Iss 4, Pp 245-247 (2001)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1064-7449
1098-0997
10647449
DOI: 10.1155/S1064744901000400
Popis: Increasing use of short-course antifungal therapies in patients with recurrent vulvovaginitis may enable the emergence of less-common, more resistant yeast strains as vaginal pathogens. We report the case of a patient with chronically symptomatic and repeatedly treated vaginal candidiasis whose infection was attributable to Candidalusitaniae, a previously unreported cause of candidal vaginitis .
Databáze: Directory of Open Access Journals
Externí odkaz: