Treatment of vaginal candidiasis in pregnancy with a single clotrimazole 500 mg vaginal pessary
| dc.contributor.author | Lindeque, B. G. | en_ZA |
| dc.contributor.author | Van Niekerk, W. A. | en_ZA |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-03-18T14:57:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-03-18T14:57:38Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1984 | |
| dc.description | CITATION: Lindeque, B. G. & Van Niekerk, W. A. 1984. South African Medical Journal, 65:123-124. | |
| dc.description | The original publication is available at http://www.samj.org.za | |
| dc.description.abstract | A single vaginal pessary containing clotrimazole 500 mg (Canesten; Bayer-Miles) was used to treat candidiasis during a prospective, mycologically controlled trial among 46 patients in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy. Positive cultures were obtained from vaginal swabs before commencement of treatment. Swabs were taken 1 week and 1 month after treatment. Four patients were lost to follow-up. One week after treatment 83.3% of the patients were cured on microscopic and mycological examination, and all of the patients had relief of symptoms. The recurrence rate was 5.7% after 1 month. Of the 7 patients in whom treatment was unsuccessful, 3 were available for repeat treatment and all 3 responded successfully to a second course. | |
| dc.description.version | Publisher’s version | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2078-5135 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0256-9574 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/7552 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Health & Medical Publishing Group | |
| dc.rights.holder | South African Medical Journal | |
| dc.subject | Candidiasis | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Treatment of vaginal candidiasis in pregnancy with a single clotrimazole 500 mg vaginal pessary | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article |
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