Fungal infections in the female play an increasingly large role in everyday gynecological practice. This is the first book to deal comprehensively with vulvovaginal candidosis. Following an introduction outlining the incidence of yeasts in man, genital colonization in the female sex, yeast in pregnancy and neonatal mycoses, there is a description of the modes of infection and the known host reactions, as well as of the symptoms for diagnosis and therapy. Some 150 color illustrations depict all known facultative pathogenetic candida species and other potentially pathogenetic yeasts in pure culture and under the microscope. Clinical examples help explain the diagnosis and differential diagnosis. The volume provides the physician with handy, concise and practice-oriented guidelines to correct diagnosis and effective treatment of yeasts in the female patient.

1 General Outline

2 The Incidence of Yeasts in Man
3 Genital Colonization in the Female Sex
4 Yeasts in Pregnancy and Neonatal Mycoses
5 Yeasts - Modes of Infection - Host Reactions
5.1 Candida albicans
5.2 Candida glabrata (Torulopsis glabrata)
6 Clinical Signs and Symptoms of Candida Vulvovaginitis.
7 Diagnostic Methods
7.1 Wet-Mount Preparations
7.2 Identification by Culture
7.3 Serological Investigations
8 Therapy
9 Outlook
10 References
11 Pictures
11.1 Yeasts from A (albicans) to Z (zeylanoides). Pure cultures and microscope slides of facultatively pathogenic yeasts and some other important species
11.2 Fungal Cultures in Practice
11.3 Suitability Testing of Nickerson's Agar
11.4 Some Methods for the Differentiation of Yeasts
11.5 Wet Preparations from Vaginal Secretions
11.6 Cytology and Histology
11.7 Clinical Pictures
11.8 Treatment
12 Subject Index.