Simultaneous fabrication of superhydrophobic and superhydrophilic polyimide surfaces with low hysteresis.

Polyimide is of great interest in the field of MEMS and microtechnology. It is often used for its chemical, thermal, mechanical, and optical properties. In this paper, an original study is performed on controlled variation of polyimide film wettability.

Local treatment of candidal vaginitis with a mepartricin-sodium lauryl sulfate complex.

44 patients with candidal vaginitis participated in a trial using a new formulation of a mepartricin-sodium lauryl sulfate complex for local administration (dosage schedule: one 25,000-unit vaginal tablet (SPA-S-222) daily for 6 days). Microbiological examination revealed an 88.6% cure rate (samples tested negative) at the end of treatment and a 90.

A placebo-controlled, double-blind comparison of tinidazole and triple sulfonamide cream for the treatment of nonspecific vaginitis.

Oral tinidazole, 500 mg twice daily for 5 days, was compared to triple sulfonamide cream inserted into the vagina twice daily for 7 days for the treatment of nonspecific vaginitis in a placebo-controlled, double-blind trial. At 1 and 3 weeks after treatment, 29 of 30 and 18 of 19 patients, respectively, who had been given tinidazole were cured, as compared to 16 of 27 and 6 of 14 patients, respectively, who had been given oral placebo together with a vaginal cream with or without sulfonamides (p less than 0.01 and p = 0.

The vaginal microbial flora in non-specific vaginitis.

The facultative and strictly anaerobic vaginal microbial flora was investigated in 40 women with non-specific vaginitis and in 40 control women seen in private gynaecological practice. Gardnerella vaginalis, anaerobic gram-negative bacilli, anaerobic gram-negative and gram-positive cocci were all associated with non-specific vaginitis (p less than 0.001), whereas lactobacilli occurred less frequently in non-specific vaginitis than in controls (p less than 0.

A new treatment of vaginal candidiasis: three-day treatment with econazole.

From an open comparative multicentric trial it became clear that econazole was an active and well-tolerated agent for the treatment of vulvo-vaginal mycoses. Combined treatment with pessaries and econazole cream seems to be worthwhile in order to isolate the vagina from possible Candida reservoirs or to hasten symptomatic relief.