Biomaterial Database

Clotrimazole pessary compared with cream in treating women with vaginal candidosis. 1986

T J McManus, and J Bingham

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007093	Imidazoles	Compounds containing 1,3-diazole, a five membered aromatic ring containing two nitrogen atoms separated by one of the carbons. Chemically reduced ones include IMIDAZOLINES and IMIDAZOLIDINES. Distinguish from 1,2-diazole (PYRAZOLES).
D010570	Pessaries	Devices worn in the vagina to provide support to displaced uterus or rectum. Pessaries are used in conditions such as UTERINE PROLAPSE; CYSTOCELE; or RECTOCELE.	Pessary
D002181	Candidiasis, Vulvovaginal	Infection of the VULVA and VAGINA with a fungus of the genus CANDIDA.	Moniliasis, Vulvovaginal,Vaginitis, Monilial,Candidiasis, Genital,Genital Vulvovaginal Candidiasis,Vaginal Yeast Infection,Vaginal Yeast Infections,Candidiasis, Genital Vulvovaginal,Genital Candidiasis,Infection, Vaginal Yeast,Infections, Vaginal Yeast,Monilial Vaginitis,Vulvovaginal Candidiasis,Vulvovaginal Candidiasis, Genital,Vulvovaginal Moniliasis,Yeast Infection, Vaginal,Yeast Infections, Vaginal
D003022	Clotrimazole	An imidazole derivative with a broad spectrum of antimycotic activity. It inhibits biosynthesis of the sterol ergostol, an important component of fungal CELL MEMBRANES. Its action leads to increased membrane permeability and apparent disruption of enzyme systems bound to the membrane.	Bay b 5097,Canesten,FB b 5097,Kanesten,Klotrimazole,Lotrimin,Mycelex
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014622	Vaginal Creams, Foams, and Jellies	Medicated dosage forms for topical application in the vagina. A cream is a semisolid emulsion containing suspended or dissolved medication; a foam is a dispersion of a gas in a medicated liquid resulting in a light, frothy mass; a jelly is a colloidal semisolid mass of a water soluble medicated material, usually translucent.	Vaginal Creams, Foams and Jellies,Vaginal Cream,Vaginal Creams,Vaginal Foam,Vaginal Foams,Vaginal Gel,Vaginal Jellies,Vaginal Jelly,Vaginal Tablet,Vaginal Tablets,Cream, Vaginal,Creams, Vaginal,Foam, Vaginal,Foams, Vaginal,Gel, Vaginal,Gels, Vaginal,Jellies, Vaginal,Jelly, Vaginal,Tablet, Vaginal,Tablets, Vaginal,Vaginal Gels