Copper IUD increases virulence of non-albicans Candida species isolated from women with vulvovaginal candidiasis.
Conclusion: IUD use enhanced the virulence (proteinase production and antifungal resistance) of NAC but not C. albicans, indicating a variation in virulence between Candida species in response to IUD use. C. albicans responded better to fluconazole, whereas NAC isolates were more sensitive to nystatin.
PMID: 31990231 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care - Category: Reproduction Medicine Authors: Omran EA, Youssef NES, Abdelfattah AH, Esmail SA, Fouad AM Tags: Eur J Contracept Reprod Health Care Source Type: research
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