Health-related quality of life as measured with the Short-Form 36 (SF-36) questionnaire in patients with recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis.

Background: Recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis (RVVC) has a poor therapeutic outcome and a severe impact on women and their partners, both physically and psychologically. Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is significantly affected in patients with RVVC; however, little is known about HRQOL in patients with this disease. In this study, we aim to identify the clinical and mycological characteristics of women with RVVC and the effects of RVVC on women's HRQOL.

[Study of local immunity of lower genital tract infections].

Objective: To investigate the profile of local immunity of vagina and the immune defense mechanisms against lower genital tract infections.

Methods: Vaginal lavage was collected from healthy women and patients of vulvovaginal candidiasis, bacterial vaginosis, Trichomonol vaginitis, human papilloma virus infection (VVC), and chlamydia trachomatis infection. Each group included 60 cases.

[Study on vaginal production of human defensins and the correlated pathogenetic factors of vulvovaginal candidiasis].

Objective: To investigate the correlated pathogenetic factors and vaginal local immunity in vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC).

Methods: A case control study was conducted to compare VVC group (60 cases) with normal group (60 cases). All of the women filled up the specific questionnaires.

Clinical characteristics of vulvovaginal candidiasis and antifungal susceptibilities of Candida species isolates among patients in southern China from 2003 to 2006.

Aim: To determine the clinical characteristics of vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC), the Candida species involved and the antifungal susceptibility of Candida species isolated from patients with VVC.

Methods: Candida organisms were cultured from samples obtained from patients who presented with VVC to the Gynecology Department, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital. Antifungal susceptibility testing was performed using a commercial agar diffusion test.

Biased genotype distributions of Candida albicans strains associated with vulvovaginal candidosis and candidal balanoposthitis in China.

Background: Vulvovaginal candidosis (VVC), which is most frequently caused by Candida albicans, is one of the most common vaginal infections and is a common problem worldwide. Despite the fact that extensive epidemiological studies have been performed, what triggers VVC, especially recurrence of the infection, is still uncertain.

Methods: Genotypes of C.

[Study on classification and treatment of vulvovaginal candidiasis].

Objective: To determine the clinical manifestations of vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) and to study the mycologic eradication rate of different miconazole treatment courses for VVC.

Methods: Three hundred cases of VVC were recruited. The Candidas were cultured.