Open AccessClinical and immunological characteristic of vulvovaginalcandidosis in women suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis
Author(s) -
О. В. Лысенко,
В. А. Игликов,
С. Н. Теплова,
О. В. Лысенко,
V A Igli kov,
S N Tepl ova
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
vestnik dermatologii i venerologii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2313-6294
pISSN - 0042-4609
DOI - 10.25208/vdv796
Subject(s) - pulmonary tuberculosis , medicine , tuberculosis , antibiotics , vaginal secretion , pathogen , immunology , dermatology , vulvovaginal candidiasis , gynecology , antifungal , intensive care medicine , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
The article describes results of a study involving 346 women who received a combination therapy with antibiotics for pulmonarytuberculosis for more than a year. Vulvovaginal candidosis was revealed in 158 (45.7 %) of them. Candida аlbicans were the prevalentpathogen: it was found in 103 (77.4%) patients. The article describes complaints, clinical manifestations and changes in theimmunology indices of the vaginal secretion in this group of patients.