title: [The significance of interleukins and of Candida-IgE in chronic recurrent vulvovaginal candidosis].
abstract: We examined 104 patients with chronic recurrent vulvovaginal candidosis; 41 healthy women were selected for the control group. Vaginal samples were taken, and yeasts were grown and tested for Candida strains: 29.8% of samples contained Candida spp.; two of the control women were infected. We also identified interleukin IL-4, 5 and 13, but there was only significant increase in IL-4. In addition, prostaglandin E2, whole IgE and Candida-specific-IgE was identified. Also here prostaglandin E2 and the Candida IgE were significantly higher in comparison with the control group, while whole IgE showed no significant increase. This resulted in an allergic component in the chronic recurrent vulvovaginal candidosis, which suggested that therapy should be reconsidered.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik fur Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe, Klinikum Munchen Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Weissenbacher
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Weissenbacher
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Spitzbart
mesh_terms: D000908:Antibodies, Fungal / Q000276:immunology*; D002175:Candida / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002181:Candidiasis, Vulvovaginal / Q000276:immunology*; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000276:immunology; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology*; D018793:Interleukin-13 / Q000032:analysis; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000032:analysis; D015848:Interleukin-5 / Q000032:analysis; D007378:Interleukins / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology*; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000908:Antibodies, Fungal; D018793:Interleukin-13; D015848:Interleukin-5; D007378:Interleukins; D015847:Interleukin-4; D007073:Immunoglobulin E; D015232:Dinoprostone