Effect of Salvia Officinalis vaginal cream and clotrimazole vaginal cream on the Improvement of clinical signs of candida vaginitis in diabetic women

Autor: Raha Pirouzmand, Mahin Tafazoli, Hasan Rakhshande, Ali Naseri, Farideh Akhlaghi, MohammadTaghi Shakeri, Mahmoud Parian
Jazyk: perština
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Majallah-i Zanān, Māmā̓ī va Nāzā̓ī-i Īrān, Vol 22, Iss 11, Pp 56-65 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1680-2993
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DOI: 10.22038/ijogi.2020.14954
Popis: Introduction: Vaginitis is the most common problem of gynecological diseases. Among the types of vaginitis, Candida is the second most common cause of vaginitis in women. Diabetes is known to be a leading cause of vaginal fungal disease. Conventional treatment of Candida infection is clotrimazole vaginal cream. But this drug has the side effects including redness, burning, vaginal irritation and rash. Antifungal and hypoglycemic effects of Salvia Officinalis extract have been demonstrated in laboratory and clinical studies. This study was performed with aim to compare the effect of Salvia Officinalis vaginal cream with clotrimazole vaginal cream on treatment of Candida vaginitis in diabetic women. Methods: This randomized clinical trial study was performed on 68 patients with vaginal candidiasis in Mashhad in 2018-2019. 34 patients were placed in Salvia Officinalis and 34 in clotrimazole group. Vulvovaginal candidiasis was diagnosed by clinical symptoms and wet test, and culture in Sabrouraud dextrose agar. Vaginal Salvia officinalis cream and the Vaginal Cream Clotrimazole were administered one applicator every night for 7 nights. Follow-up was done 1 ± 7 days later. Data collection was done by the checklist of individual information and recording the signs and observations. Data were analyzed using SPSS software (version 21), and independent t-test, Chi-square, Mann-Whitney, McNemar and Wilcoxon tests. P
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