Outcomes and experiences of using oral voriconazole with or without concomitant topical agents to treat refractory vulvovaginal yeast infections.

Background: We describe 11 cases of refractory vulvovaginal yeast infections (RVVYI) treated using oral voriconazole with or without concomitant topical agents.

Methods: Retrospective case-note review of all women prescribed oral voriconazole to treat RVVYI in five Sexual Health Clinics from Jan 2010-March 2020. Demographic details, clinical features, diagnostic results and treatment outcomes were collected.

Over a third of childbearing women with HIV would like to breastfeed: A UK survey of women living with HIV.

The World Health Organisation advice for post-partum women living with HIV (WLHs) in low- and middle-income countries is to breastfeed on suppressive antiretroviral treatment and use infant postnatal prophylaxis. In resource-rich settings, where formula feeding is safe, avoidance of breastfeed is advised. A questionnaire was created to survey attitudes to breastfeeding in WLHs in the United Kingdom.