Abstract
Vaginitis is a common problem for women regarding a worldwide health challenge with many side effects. Vaginitis is among the most visiting to gynecology clinics. About 75% of all reproductive women had at least one fungal vaginitis infection in their life, and more than 40% will have two or more than two. Candida spp is the most prevalent in fungal vaginitis, while reports for unusual fungi were observed as mucor spp.
Amphotericin B (AmB) belongs to the polyene group has a wide spectrum in vitro and in vivo antifungal activity. All of the known available formulas of AmB are administrated via intravenous injection to treat severe systemic fungal infections, while the development of the topical formula of AmB is still under preliminary development including topical vaginal AmB.
Due to the revealing of antimicrobial-resistant fungi in recent years, this study explains the role of topical AmB in treating refractory fungi vaginitis that may not a response to other drugs reported in many cases that may help researchers to develop new effective formula of AmB regarding fungal vaginitis.
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