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ReviewFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2022

Management of recurrent vulvovaginal candidosis: Narrative review of the literature and European expert panel opinion.

Gilbert Donders, István Oszkár Sziller, Jorma Paavonen, Phillip Hay, Francesco de Seta, Jean Marc Bohbot, Jan Kotarski, Jordi Antoni Vives, Bela Szabo, Ramona Cepuliené and 1 more

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Review in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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41citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  8. Accumulative experiences of recurrent vulvovaginal thrush: a qualitative study of primary care navigation from patient and clinician perspectives.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Gilbert DondersFemicare VZW, Clinical Research for Women, Tienen, Belgium.
István Oszkár SzillerDél-budai Centrumkórház, Szent Imre Egyetemi Oktatókórház, Szülészet és Nőgyógyászati Osztály, Budapest, Hungary.
Jorma PaavonenDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
Phillip HayGuys and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Francesco de SetaDepartment of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences, Institute for Maternal and Child Health, University of Trieste, IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy.
Jean Marc BohbotDepartment of Sexually Transmitted Infections, Institut Alfred Fournier, Paris, France.
Jan KotarskiDepartment of Oncological Gynecology and Gynecology, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland.
Jordi Antoni VivesDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Hospital CIMA, Barcelona, Spain.
Bela SzaboDepartment of Obstetrics-Gynecology, "George Emil Palade" University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology, Targu-Mures, Romania.
Ramona CepulienéGedeon Richter Plc., Budapest, Hungary.
Werner MendlingDeutsches Zentrum für Infektionen in Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Helios Universitätsklinikum Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recurrent vulvovaginal candidosis (RVVC) is a chronic, difficult to treat vaginal infection, caused by

Indexed as

Candidiasis, VulvovaginalFluconazoleAntifungal AgentsAzolesCandidaCandida albicansFemaleHumansMicrobial Sensitivity TestsQuality of LifeAntifungal AgentsAzolesFluconazoleantifungalazole therapyexpert opinionmaintenance regimenrecurrent vulvovaginal candidosisroutine clinical practice

Identifiers

PMID36159646
PMCPMC9504472

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