Abstract:Background: Vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) is a prevalent infection among HIV-seropositive women that still needs to be subjected to more researches. This study is aimed at determining the occurrence of vulvovaginal Candida species and their antifungal susceptibility pattern in HIV-seropositive women from the Behavioral Disease Counseling Center in Ahvaz, Iran. Method: In this analytical cross-sectional study, 85 HIV-seropositive women with the mean age of 26.15 years (SD. 9.60) were evaluated. Vaginal swabs w… Show more
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