title: [Systemic immunity in patients with recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study was undertaken to characterize systemic immunity in the patients with recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Original prospective study.
  
  
  METHODS
  1. Department of Biological and Medical sciences, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Pharmacy, Hradec Kralove, 2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical Faculty, Hradec Kralove, Charles University in Prague, 3. Department of Clinical Immunology and Allergology, University Hospital, Hradec Kralove, 4. Department of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital, Hradec Kralove, Czech republic.
  
  
  METHODS
  Basic immunological parameters in 44 patients with recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis were investigated and analyzed in this longitudinal follow-up study.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although there is no fundamental disturbance in systemic immunity in patients with recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis and the majority of systemic immunological parameters in the patients were within normal range, some subtle changes of a few parameters of humoral and cellular immunity in contrast to the controls were identified.
authors.affiliation: Katedra biologických a lékarských vĕd, Farmaceutická fakulta UK v Hradci Králové.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jílek
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Spacek
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Buchta
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kucera
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Drahosová
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Förstl
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Andrýs
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002181:Candidiasis, Vulvovaginal / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence