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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Vestnik dermatologii i venerologii</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Vestnik dermatologii i venerologii</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник дерматологии и венерологии</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">0042-4609</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2313-6294</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Rossijskoe Obschestvo Dermatovenerologov i Kosmetologov</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">11879</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.25208/vdv11879</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>GUIDELINES FOR PRACTITIONERS</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>В ПОМОЩЬ ПРАКТИЧЕСКОМУ ВРАЧУ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Modern concepts of etiopathogenesis and approaches to the treatment of recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Современные представления об этиопатогенезе и подходах к терапии рецидивирующего кандидозного вульвовагинита</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3039-7769</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="scopus">55312504700</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="researcherid">I-5449-2014</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">6222-8684</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Rakhmatulina</surname><given-names>Margarita R.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Рахматулина</surname><given-names>Маргарита Рафиковна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>MD, Dr. Sci. (Med), Professor</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доктор медицинских наук, профессор</p></bio><email>rahmatulina@cnikvi.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">State Research Center of Dermatovenereology and Cosmetology</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Государственный научный центр дерматовенерологии и косметологии</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="preprint" iso-8601-date="2023-09-06" publication-format="electronic"><day>06</day><month>09</month><year>2023</year></pub-date><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2023-10-16" publication-format="electronic"><day>16</day><month>10</month><year>2023</year></pub-date><volume>99</volume><issue>4</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>124</fpage><lpage>135</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2023-06-06"><day>06</day><month>06</month><year>2023</year></date><date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2023-09-02"><day>02</day><month>09</month><year>2023</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2023, Rakhmatulina M.R.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2023, Рахматулина М.Р.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2023</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Rakhmatulina M.R.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Рахматулина М.Р.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://vestnikdv.ru/jour/article/view/11879">https://vestnikdv.ru/jour/article/view/11879</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Vulvovaginal candidiasis is a widespread infection caused by Candida. The disease affects 75–80% of women of reproductive age at least once during their lifetime, and 9–20% of them indicate the presence of three or more episodes of the disease during the year, which is classified as recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis (RVVC). To date, the question of the causes of the formation of recurrent forms of the disease has not been definitively resolved, since RVVC is also observed in women who do not have known risk factors. Due to the fact that about 20–30% of patients with RVVC are healthy women without factors predisposing to its development, interindividual differences such as genetic predisposition and ethnicity, immune disorders, as well as the species diversity of Candida fungi and their antimycotic resistance may play a key role in the pathogenesis of idiopathic RVVC.</p> <p>In the literature review, the main etiopathogenetic mechanisms of the disease development are presented, the role of immune and genetic factors of predisposition to the development of recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis is evaluated, changes in the species structure of the pathogen in recent years are analyzed. Modern approaches to the treatment of the disease are described, taking into account the indicators of antimycotic resistance, and the analysis of RVVC therapy regimens according to domestic and foreign clinical recommendations is carried out. The possibilities of using sertaconazole in the treatment of the disease are considered, the results of studies of its efficacy and safety in patients with vulvovaginal candidiasis are presented.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Вульвовагинальный кандидоз является широко распространенной инфекцией, вызываемой грибами рода Candida. Заболевание поражает 75–80% женщин репродуктивного возраста по крайней мере один раз в течение жизни, а 9–20% из них свидетельствуют о наличии трех и более эпизодов заболевания в течение года, что классифицируется как рецидивирующий вульвовагинальный кандидоз (РВВК). До настоящего времени вопрос о причинах формирования рецидивирующих форм заболевания окончательно не решен, так как РВВК наблюдается и у женщин, не имеющих известных факторов риска. В связи с тем, что около 20–30% пациенток с РВВК являются здоровыми женщинами без предрасполагающих к его развитию факторов, ключевую роль в патогенезе идиопатического РВВК могут играть межиндивидуальные различия, такие как генетическая предрасположенность и этническая принадлежность, иммунные нарушения, а также видовое разнообразие грибов Candida и их антимикотическая резистентность.</p> <p>В обзоре литературы приведены основные этиопатогенетические механизмы развития заболевания, оценена роль иммунных и генетических факторов предрасположенности к развитию рецидивирующего вульвовагинального кандидоза, проанализированы изменения видовой структуры возбудителя за последние годы. Изложены современные подходы к терапии заболевания с учетом показателей антимикотической резистентности и проведен анализ схем терапии РВВК согласно отечественным и зарубежным клиническим рекомендациям. Рассмотрены возможности применения сертаконазола в терапии заболевания, приведены результаты исследований его эффективности и безопасности у пациенток с вульвовагинальным кандидозом.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis</kwd><kwd>Candida</kwd><kwd>sertaconazole</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>рецидивирующий вульвовагинальный кандидоз</kwd><kwd>Candida</kwd><kwd>сертаконазол</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><funding-statement xml:lang="en">The article was published with the support of Egis.</funding-statement><funding-statement xml:lang="ru">Рукопись подготовлена при финансовой поддержке фармацевтической компании «Эгис».</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Sobel JD. Vulvovaginal candidosis. 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