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==Overview== | |||
Candidiasis must be differentiated from [[bacterial vaginosis]]. | |||
==Differential Diagnosis== | |||
Many women mistake the symptoms of the more common [[bacterial vaginosis]] for a yeast infection. In a 2002 study published in the ''Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology'', only 33 percent of women who were self treating for a yeast infection actually had a yeast infection. Instead they had either bacterial vaginosis or a mixed-type infection. | Many women mistake the symptoms of the more common [[bacterial vaginosis]] for a yeast infection. In a 2002 study published in the ''Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology'', only 33 percent of women who were self treating for a yeast infection actually had a yeast infection. Instead they had either bacterial vaginosis or a mixed-type infection. | ||
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Overview
Candidiasis must be differentiated from bacterial vaginosis.
Differential Diagnosis
Many women mistake the symptoms of the more common bacterial vaginosis for a yeast infection. In a 2002 study published in the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, only 33 percent of women who were self treating for a yeast infection actually had a yeast infection. Instead they had either bacterial vaginosis or a mixed-type infection.