An unusual case of recurrent vaginal discharge: Diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma.

Indian J Sex Transm Dis AIDS

Department of Skin and STDs, LHMC, New Delhi, India.

Published: June 2022

Abnormal vaginal discharge is common among the females of the reproductive age group. Vulvovaginitis caused by azole-resistant is rare. Recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis (RVVC) causes significant patient distress and morbidity. The vaginal microflora is a complex micro-ecological environment comprising different microbiological species in variable quantities and relative proportions. Any disturbance in the aforesaid causes vaginitis, for instance, aerobic vaginitis (AV) results from the displacement of healthy vaginal Lactobacillus species with aerobic pathogens. We report AV with RVVC caused by resistant to even second generation azoles which has not been previously reported to the best of our knowledge.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijstd.IJSTD_77_17DOI Listing

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