Local treatment of vulvovaginal candidosis: General and practical considerations

Drugs

Volumn 68, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 1787-1802

  Das Neves, José ^a,b   Pinto, Eugénia ^a   Teixeira, Branca ^b   Dias, Gustavo ^b   Rocha, Patrocínia ^b   Cunha, Teresa ^b   Santos, Bárbara ^b   Amaral, Maria H ^a   Bahia, Maria F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Azoles, therapeutic use; Boric acid, therapeutic use; Nystatin, therapeutic use; Polyenes, therapeutic use; Topical; Vulvovaginal candidiasis, treatment

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BORIC ACID; BUTOCONAZOLE; CASPOFUNGIN; CICLOPIROX; CLOTRIMAZOLE; ECHINOCANDIN; ECONAZOLE; ECOSTATIN 1 ER; FENTICONAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; GYNAZOLE 1; GYNO AKTARIN; GYNOPEVARYL LP; HYDROCORTISONE; ISOCONAZOLE; MICAFUNGIN; MICONAZOLE; MONISTAT 1; MONISTAT 1 COMBINATION PACK; NYSTATIN; POLYENE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; POSACONAZOLE; POTASSIUM IODIDE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; TEA TREE OIL; TERCONAZOLE; THYME OIL; TIOCONAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VORICONAZOLE;

CANDIDA; CREAM; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MENOPAUSE; MUCOCUTANEOUS REACTION; OINTMENT; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SUPPOSITORY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINA DISEASE; VAGINA IRRITATION; VAGINAL BURNING SENSATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS;

CANDIDA;

EID: 50249134818     PISSN: 00126667     EISSN: 00126667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00003495-200868130-00002     Document Type: Review

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