Evolving Pathogens in Vulvovaginal Candidiasis: Implications for Patient Care

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Over the past two decades, an increasing trend in the number of vaginal infections attributable to yeasts other than Candida albicans has emerged. Of these non-albicans species, C. tropicalis and C. glabrata appear to be the most important. The change in incidence pattern of yeast vaginitis can be expected to impact greatly on the treatment of this condition, because many currently used drug therapies (e.g.,...

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