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AIDS-Related Vulvovaginal Candidiasis

MedGen UID:
233112
•Concept ID:
C1332062
•
Disease or Syndrome

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVAIDS-Related Vulvovaginal Candidiasis

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Interventions for prevention and treatment of vulvovaginal candidiasis in women with HIV infection.
Ray A, Ray S, George AT, Swaminathan N
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011 Aug 10;(8):CD008739. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008739.pub2. PMID: 21833970
Management of the female HIV-infected patient.
Baker DA
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 1994 Aug;10(8):935-8. doi: 10.1089/aid.1994.10.935. PMID: 7811546
Clinically significant mucosal candidiasis resistant to fluconazole treatment in patients with AIDS.
Newman SL, Flanigan TP, Fisher A, Rinaldi MG, Stein M, Vigilante K
Clin Infect Dis 1994 Oct;19(4):684-6. doi: 10.1093/clinids/19.4.684. PMID: 7803632

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

The estimated burden of fungal diseases in Mali.
Doumbo SN, Cissoko Y, Dama S, Niangaly A, Garango A, Konaté A, Koné A, Traoré B, Thera M, Djimde A, Denning DW
J Mycol Med 2023 Mar;33(1):101333. Epub 2022 Sep 22 doi: 10.1016/j.mycmed.2022.101333. PMID: 36270216
Virulence factors and genetic variability of vaginal Candida albicans isolates from HIV-infected women in the post-highly active antiretroviral era.
Zanni PCMD, Bonfim-Mendonça PS, Negri M, Nakamura SS, Donatti L, Svidzinski TIE, Consolaro MEL
Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 2017;59:e44. Epub 2017 Aug 3 doi: 10.1590/S1678-9946201759044. PMID: 28793015Free PMC Article
Colonization by Candida species of the oral and vaginal mucosa in HIV-infected and noninfected women.
Merenstein D, Hu H, Wang C, Hamilton P, Blackmon M, Chen H, Calderone R, Li D
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 2013 Jan;29(1):30-4. Epub 2012 Nov 19 doi: 10.1089/AID.2012.0269. PMID: 23098053Free PMC Article
Interventions for prevention and treatment of vulvovaginal candidiasis in women with HIV infection.
Ray A, Ray S, George AT, Swaminathan N
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011 Aug 10;(8):CD008739. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008739.pub2. PMID: 21833970
Immunity to Candida.
Fidel PL Jr
Oral Dis 2002;8 Suppl 2:69-75. doi: 10.1034/j.1601-0825.2002.00015.x. PMID: 12164664

Diagnosis

The estimated burden of fungal diseases in Mali.
Doumbo SN, Cissoko Y, Dama S, Niangaly A, Garango A, Konaté A, Koné A, Traoré B, Thera M, Djimde A, Denning DW
J Mycol Med 2023 Mar;33(1):101333. Epub 2022 Sep 22 doi: 10.1016/j.mycmed.2022.101333. PMID: 36270216
Serious fungal diseases in Democratic Republic of Congo - Incidence and prevalence estimates.
Kamwiziku GK, Makangara JC, Orefuwa E, Denning DW
Mycoses 2021 Oct;64(10):1159-1169. Epub 2021 Jun 25 doi: 10.1111/myc.13339. PMID: 34133799
Antifungal resistance in yeast vaginitis.
Dun E
Yale J Biol Med 1999 Jul-Aug;72(4):281-5. PMID: 10907778Free PMC Article
Is vulvovaginal candidiasis an AIDS-related illness?
White MH
Clin Infect Dis 1996 May;22 Suppl 2:S124-7. doi: 10.1093/clinids/22.supplement_2.s124. PMID: 8722839
Frequency and significance of drug resistance in vulvovaginal candidiasis.
Spinillo A, Nicola S, Colonna L, Marangoni E, Cavanna C, Michelone G
Gynecol Obstet Invest 1994;38(2):130-3. doi: 10.1159/000292465. PMID: 7959341

Therapy

Colonization by Candida species of the oral and vaginal mucosa in HIV-infected and noninfected women.
Merenstein D, Hu H, Wang C, Hamilton P, Blackmon M, Chen H, Calderone R, Li D
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 2013 Jan;29(1):30-4. Epub 2012 Nov 19 doi: 10.1089/AID.2012.0269. PMID: 23098053Free PMC Article
Interventions for prevention and treatment of vulvovaginal candidiasis in women with HIV infection.
Ray A, Ray S, George AT, Swaminathan N
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011 Aug 10;(8):CD008739. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008739.pub2. PMID: 21833970
Vulvovaginal candidiasis: a comparison of HIV-positive and -negative women.
Sobel JD
Int J STD AIDS 2002 Jun;13(6):358-62. doi: 10.1258/095646202760029741. PMID: 12015006
Fungal infection overview.
Treat Rev 1995 May;(no 18):10. PMID: 11362589
Frequency and significance of drug resistance in vulvovaginal candidiasis.
Spinillo A, Nicola S, Colonna L, Marangoni E, Cavanna C, Michelone G
Gynecol Obstet Invest 1994;38(2):130-3. doi: 10.1159/000292465. PMID: 7959341

Prognosis

Determining the burden of fungal infections in Zimbabwe.
Pfavayi LT, Denning DW, Baker S, Sibanda EN, Mutapi F
Sci Rep 2021 Jun 24;11(1):13240. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-92605-1. PMID: 34168204Free PMC Article
Serious fungal diseases in Democratic Republic of Congo - Incidence and prevalence estimates.
Kamwiziku GK, Makangara JC, Orefuwa E, Denning DW
Mycoses 2021 Oct;64(10):1159-1169. Epub 2021 Jun 25 doi: 10.1111/myc.13339. PMID: 34133799
Estimates of serious fungal infection burden in Côte d'Ivoire and country health profile.
Koffi D, Bonouman IV, Toure AO, Kouadjo F, N'Gou MRE, Sylla K, Dosso M, Denning DW
J Mycol Med 2021 Mar;31(1):101086. Epub 2020 Nov 21 doi: 10.1016/j.mycmed.2020.101086. PMID: 33259981
The burden of fungal disease in Denmark.
Mortensen KL, Denning DW, Arendrup MC
Mycoses 2015 Oct;58 Suppl 5:15-21. doi: 10.1111/myc.12383. PMID: 26449502
Is vulvovaginal candidiasis an AIDS-related illness?
White MH
Clin Infect Dis 1996 May;22 Suppl 2:S124-7. doi: 10.1093/clinids/22.supplement_2.s124. PMID: 8722839

Clinical prediction guides

Virulence factors and genetic variability of vaginal Candida albicans isolates from HIV-infected women in the post-highly active antiretroviral era.
Zanni PCMD, Bonfim-Mendonça PS, Negri M, Nakamura SS, Donatti L, Svidzinski TIE, Consolaro MEL
Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 2017;59:e44. Epub 2017 Aug 3 doi: 10.1590/S1678-9946201759044. PMID: 28793015Free PMC Article
Effect of highly active antiretroviral therapy on vaginal Candida spp. isolation in HIV-infected compared to HIV-uninfected women.
Alczuk Sde S, Bonfim-Mendonça Pde S, Rocha-Brischiliari SC, Shinobu-Mesquita CS, Martins HP, Gimenes F, Abreu AL, Carvalho MD, Pelloso SM, Svidzinski TI, Consolaro ME
Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 2015 Mar-Apr;57(2):169-74. doi: 10.1590/S0036-46652015000200012. PMID: 25923898Free PMC Article
Candida-specific systemic cell-mediated immune reactivities in human immunodeficiency virus-positive persons with mucosal candidiasis.
Leigh JE, Barousse M, Swoboda RK, Myers T, Hager S, Wolf NA, Cutright JL, Thompson J, Sobel JD, Fidel PL Jr
J Infect Dis 2001 Jan 15;183(2):277-285. Epub 2000 Dec 13 doi: 10.1086/317944. PMID: 11120933
Determinants of incident vulvovaginal candidiasis in human immunodeficiency virus-positive women.
Shifrin E, Matityahu D, Feldman J, Minkoff H
Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol 2000;8(3-4):176-80. doi: 10.1155/S1064744900000247. PMID: 10968602Free PMC Article
Is vulvovaginal candidiasis an AIDS-related illness?
White MH
Clin Infect Dis 1996 May;22 Suppl 2:S124-7. doi: 10.1093/clinids/22.supplement_2.s124. PMID: 8722839

Recent systematic reviews

Interventions for prevention and treatment of vulvovaginal candidiasis in women with HIV infection.
Ray A, Ray S, George AT, Swaminathan N
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011 Aug 10;(8):CD008739. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008739.pub2. PMID: 21833970

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