Determinants of Incident Vulvovaginal Candidiasis in
Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Positive Women

Emma  Shifrin; Debra  Matityahu; Joseph  Feldman; Howard  Minkoff

doi:10.1155/S1064744900000247

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology (Jan 2000)

Determinants of Incident Vulvovaginal Candidiasis in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Positive Women

Emma Shifrin,
Debra Matityahu,
Joseph Feldman,
Howard Minkoff

Affiliations

Emma Shifrin: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maimonides Medical Center, State University of New York Downstate, 9802 10th Avenue, Brooklyn 11219, NY, USA
Debra Matityahu: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maimonides Medical Center, State University of New York Downstate, 9802 10th Avenue, Brooklyn 11219, NY, USA
Joseph Feldman: Department of Preventive Medicine, State University of New York Downstate, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Howard Minkoff: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maimonides Medical Center, State University of New York Downstate, 9802 10th Avenue, Brooklyn 11219, NY, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/S1064744900000247
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 3-4
pp. 176 – 180

Abstract

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Objective: Mucosal infections including vulvovaginal candidiasis are a common problem for women with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Our objective was to determine which factors predict the development of symptomatic disease among HIV-infected women.

Published in Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

ISSN: 1064-7449 (Print); 1098-0997 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Gynecology and obstetrics; Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7281

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