Modern treatment of vaginal mycosis in adolescence
Sirakov, M.; Shopova, E.; Ivanov, S.; Stoianova, D.
Akusherstvo i Ginekologiia 41(1): 9-11
2001
ISSN/ISBN: 0324-0959 PMID: 11519311 Document Number: 528951
The aim of the study is to determine the effectiveness of the single per oral application of 200 mg Fungolon (Fluconazolum) in adolescent girls with proven Candida spp. Vaginal infection. A prospective, case control study in 50 girls, aged 9 to 18 years, was performed. Patients were recruited in the outpatient Clinic of Paediatric and Adolescent Gynecology at the University Hospital "Majchin dom", Sofia, Bulgaria. They suffered from vaginal discharge and/or pruritus of the external genitalia. Candida spp. Was proven in all of the microbiological investigation performed. The treatment with Fungolon was performed per os, in single dose of 200 mg. The complaints and Candida in the vaginal smear (controlled 1 week after the treatment) disappeared in 43 of 50 patients (86%) treated. No effect was observed in 7 girls (14%). A reinfection with Candida was observed in 6 of the 38 patients (16%) at the second week after the treatment. The typisation of the resistant to Fungolon Candida shown predominance of Candida glabrata. There were no side effects registered during the Fungolon treatment. The treatment of Candida spp. Vaginal infection in adolescent girls by a single per oral application of 200 mg Fungolon (Fluconazolum) is very convenient and efficient. It gives a prompt effect (the complaints disappear in one or two days), high percentage of healed patients (86%), with absence of side effects. The usage of Fungolon should be highly recommended for treatment of vaginal mycoses in puberty and adolescence.