Treatment of the fungal infections of the female genital tract by different modalities of treatment

ABSTRACT

This study was done to manage the fungal infections of the lower female genital tract by different methods of treatment. It was done on 160 non-pregnant women complaining from fungal infection. After full clinical examination and taking cervical and vaginal swabs for microscopic examinations and cultured on Sabouraud's dextrose agar media, all cases were divided into three groups. The first group included 20 cases received oral treatment as fluconazole and ketoconazole only; the second group included 60 cases, every 10 cases received local treatment as miconazole [vag. ovule], tioconazole [vag. ovule], clotrimazole [vag. Ovule], povidone-iodine [vag. Ovule], econazole [vag. ovule] and gentian violet [as paint] and the third group included 80 cases received systemic and local treatment. Every eight cases from these groups received fluconazole plus miconazole nitrate, fluconazole plus tioconazole, fluconazole plus clotrimazole, fluconazole plus povidone-iodine, fluconazole plus econazole, ketoconazole plus miconazole nitrate, ketoconazole plus tioconazole ketoconazole, caplus tioconazole, ketoconazole plus clotrimazole, ketoconazole plus povidone-iodine and ketoconazole plus econazole