2018
DOI: 10.21010/ajid.v12i1s.13
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Risk Factors of Vulvovaginal Candidiasis in Dermato-Venereology Outpatients Clinic of Soetomo General Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia

Abstract: Background: Vulvovaginal Candidiasis (VVC) is one-third of vaginitis case. About 75% of women will have at least one episode of VVC. Complication of VVC can be unfavorable to impact the patient's quality of life. Knowing its risk factors can prevent someone suffering from pathological VVC and its sequelae. The purpose of this study was to identify risk factors of VVC. Materials and Methods: A descriptive retrospective study was conducted by total sampling to 213 medical records of VVC patients from 869 fluor a… Show more

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“…Infection might be accompanied by several symptoms, including itching, burning, smelly, abnormal vaginal discharge (a texture like cottage cheese), and redness of the vulva. Hormonal fluctuations in pregnancy, the use of widespread antibiotic therapy, oral contraceptives, obesity, and diabetes mellitus are common predisposing factors for the infection (5)(6)(7)(8)(9). Up to 70% of women have experienced VVC at least once during their lives.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Infection might be accompanied by several symptoms, including itching, burning, smelly, abnormal vaginal discharge (a texture like cottage cheese), and redness of the vulva. Hormonal fluctuations in pregnancy, the use of widespread antibiotic therapy, oral contraceptives, obesity, and diabetes mellitus are common predisposing factors for the infection (5)(6)(7)(8)(9). Up to 70% of women have experienced VVC at least once during their lives.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In our study, the prevalence of RVVC (57.4%) was higher than VVC (42.6%) in diabetic women, while in Brazil the prevalence of VVC and RVVC in diabetic women was the same and VVC was of a higher prevalence in non-diabetic women [23]. In other studies on nondiabetic patients, in Tehran (Iran) and Indonesia, RVVC showed a lower incidence, whereas in Zahedan (Iran) the rate of RVVC was more than VVC [8,18,19]. Our findings also showed that the number of patients infected simultaneously with two species was higher in RVVC group than those in VVC group, although the total percentage of single-species infections (VVC=40.9% & RVVC=50.4%) was higher than double-species ones (VVC=1.7% & RVVC=7%) in both groups.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 73%
“…Vulvovaginal candidiasis is a frequent mycotic infection in women caused by a commensal yeast called Candida lying in the vaginal mucous membrane. Candida to produce either superficial or systemic infections depends on the host immune system, risk factors (Arfiputri et al, 2018), sexual behaviour (Grinceviciene et al, 2018) and a loss of the vaginal equilibrium (Arendrup, 2013). Of sexually active women, 75% have at least once experienced symptomatic of vulvovaginal candidiasis linked to vaginal discharge (Brandolt et al, 2017).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%