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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
==Classification== | ==Classification== | ||
[[Candida]] [[vulvovaginitis]] can be divided based on the strain of [[Candida]] causing the infection:<ref name="pmid17560449">{{cite journal |vauthors=Sobel JD |title=Vulvovaginal candidosis |journal=Lancet |volume=369 |issue=9577 |pages=1961–71 |year=2007 |pmid=17560449 |doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60917-9 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid15709796">{{cite journal |vauthors=Buscemi L, Arechavala A, Negroni R |title=[Study of acute vulvovaginitis in sexually active adult women, with special reference to candidosis, in patients of the Francisco J. Muñiz Infectious Diseases Hospital] |journal=Rev Iberoam Micol |volume=21 |issue=4 |pages=177–81 |year=2004 |pmid=15709796 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid12932875">{{cite journal |vauthors=Corsello S, Spinillo A, Osnengo G, Penna C, Guaschino S, Beltrame A, Blasi N, Festa A |title=An epidemiological survey of vulvovaginal candidiasis in Italy |journal=Eur. J. Obstet. Gynecol. Reprod. Biol. |volume=110 |issue=1 |pages=66–72 |year=2003 |pmid=12932875 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | |||
*''C. albicans'': comprises the majority of cases of [[Candida]] [[vulvovaginitis]] | |||
*''C. glabrata'': it is the second most common causative pathogen | |||
*''C. tropicalis'' | |||
*''C. krusei'' | |||
*''C. parapsilosis'' | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
Classification
Candida vulvovaginitis can be divided based on the strain of Candida causing the infection:[1][2][3]
- C. albicans: comprises the majority of cases of Candida vulvovaginitis
- C. glabrata: it is the second most common causative pathogen
- C. tropicalis
- C. krusei
- C. parapsilosis
References
- ↑ Sobel JD (2007). "Vulvovaginal candidosis". Lancet. 369 (9577): 1961–71. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60917-9. PMID 17560449.
- ↑ Buscemi L, Arechavala A, Negroni R (2004). "[Study of acute vulvovaginitis in sexually active adult women, with special reference to candidosis, in patients of the Francisco J. Muñiz Infectious Diseases Hospital]". Rev Iberoam Micol. 21 (4): 177–81. PMID 15709796.
- ↑ Corsello S, Spinillo A, Osnengo G, Penna C, Guaschino S, Beltrame A, Blasi N, Festa A (2003). "An epidemiological survey of vulvovaginal candidiasis in Italy". Eur. J. Obstet. Gynecol. Reprod. Biol. 110 (1): 66–72. PMID 12932875.