Purpose <p>RVVC is defined as four or more episodes of candidiasis in a 12-month period. Conventional treatment is complex and often involves long-term medication use or multiple treatments. ABL therapy is a promising treatment option as it is acceptable to women and has only rare side effects. We conducted a prospective study with the objective of assessing the effects of antimicrobial blue light (ABL) therapy for recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis (RVVC) in drug-resistant women.</p> Methods <p>Our study enrolled RVVC drug-resistant women (defined based on clinical non-response to standard azole therapies confirmed through culture or persistence of VVC symptoms (oedema, erythema, pruritus, burning, dysuria and leucorrhea)), who received ABL through 10 sessions for 20&#xa0;min once a week from January 2023 to January 2024. The symptoms of Recurent VVC were assessed after 10 treatment sections and after 6 months.</p> Results <p>We included 62 patients. The overall symptoms improvement were 79% immediately after treatment and 58% after 6 months, respectively. There was an improvement in the symptoms of pruritus, burning, oedema, erythema and leucorrhoea.</p> Conclusion <p>ABL was an effective therapy to be employed in drug-resistant women suffering from RVVC.</p>

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Blue light-emitting diode therapy for recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis: a Brazilian report

  • Waleska Modesto,
  • Claudia Frederice,
  • Marcela Bardin

摘要

Purpose

RVVC is defined as four or more episodes of candidiasis in a 12-month period. Conventional treatment is complex and often involves long-term medication use or multiple treatments. ABL therapy is a promising treatment option as it is acceptable to women and has only rare side effects. We conducted a prospective study with the objective of assessing the effects of antimicrobial blue light (ABL) therapy for recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis (RVVC) in drug-resistant women.

Methods

Our study enrolled RVVC drug-resistant women (defined based on clinical non-response to standard azole therapies confirmed through culture or persistence of VVC symptoms (oedema, erythema, pruritus, burning, dysuria and leucorrhea)), who received ABL through 10 sessions for 20 min once a week from January 2023 to January 2024. The symptoms of Recurent VVC were assessed after 10 treatment sections and after 6 months.

Results

We included 62 patients. The overall symptoms improvement were 79% immediately after treatment and 58% after 6 months, respectively. There was an improvement in the symptoms of pruritus, burning, oedema, erythema and leucorrhoea.

Conclusion

ABL was an effective therapy to be employed in drug-resistant women suffering from RVVC.