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==Overview==
==Overview==
Candidiasis must be differentiated from [[bacterial vaginosis]].  
[[Candida]] [[vulvovaginitis]] must be differentiated from other infectious and noninfectious causes of [[vulvovaginitis]]. Other infections which present as [[vulvovaginitis]] include [[bacterial vaginosis]] and [[trichomoniasis]].  
==Differential Diagnosis==
==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.
[[Candida]] [[vulvovaginitis]] must be differentiated from other infectious and noninfectious causes of [[vulvovaginitis]].<ref name="pmid2334954">{{cite journal |vauthors=Rama BN, Salem BI, Haikal M, Mera R, Ortbals D, Gowda S |title=Total inferior vena cava thrombosis following coronary artery bypass surgery |journal=Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn |volume=19 |issue=4 |pages=237–9 |year=1990 |pmid=2334954 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid15026404">{{cite journal |vauthors=Anderson MR, Klink K, Cohrssen A |title=Evaluation of vaginal complaints |journal=JAMA |volume=291 |issue=11 |pages=1368–79 |year=2004 |pmid=15026404 |doi=10.1001/jama.291.11.1368 |url=}}</ref>
 
===Infectious Causes===
Candidiasis must also be differentiated from [[syphilis]], which presents with generalized systemic [[symptoms]] such as [[malaise]], [[fatigue]], [[headache]] and [[fever]]. [[Skin]] eruptions may be subtle and [[asymptomatic]]. It is classically described as 1) non-pruritic bilateral symmetrical mucocutaneous [[rash]]; 2) non-tender regional [[lymphadenopathy]]; 3) condylomata lata; and 4) patchy [[alopecia]].<ref name="MooreSeward2006">{{cite journal|last1=Moore|first1=Zack S|last2=Seward|first2=Jane F|last3=Lane|first3=J Michael|title=Smallpox|journal=The Lancet|volume=367|issue=9508|year=2006|pages=425–435|issn=01406736|doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68143-9}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last = Baron | first = Samuel | title = Medical microbiology | publisher = University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston | location = Galveston, Tex | year = 1996 | isbn = 0-9631172-1-1 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last = Mandell | first = Gerald | title = Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's principles and practice of infectious diseases | publisher = Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier | location = Philadelphia, PA | year = 2010 | isbn = 978-0-443-06839-3 }}</ref>
*[[Bacterial vaginosis]], mostly caused by ''[[Gardnerella vaginalis]]''
*[[Trichomoniasis]], caused by ''Trichomonas vaginalis''
===Noninfectious Causes===
*Hypersensitivity reactions
*Allergic and chemical reactions
*Contact Dermatitis


==References==
==References==
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Overview

Candida vulvovaginitis must be differentiated from other infectious and noninfectious causes of vulvovaginitis. Other infections which present as vulvovaginitis include bacterial vaginosis and trichomoniasis.

Differential Diagnosis

Candida vulvovaginitis must be differentiated from other infectious and noninfectious causes of vulvovaginitis.[1][2]

Infectious Causes

Noninfectious Causes

  • Hypersensitivity reactions
  • Allergic and chemical reactions
  • Contact Dermatitis

References

  1. ↑ Rama BN, Salem BI, Haikal M, Mera R, Ortbals D, Gowda S (1990). "Total inferior vena cava thrombosis following coronary artery bypass surgery". Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 19 (4): 237–9. PMID 2334954.
  2. ↑ Anderson MR, Klink K, Cohrssen A (2004). "Evaluation of vaginal complaints". JAMA. 291 (11): 1368–79. doi:10.1001/jama.291.11.1368. PMID 15026404.


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