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Solanum americanum leaf decoction is used for fevers by the Mosetene Indians in Bolivia [ 108 ] . Solanum species is used in Guatemala and by the Pilagá in Argentina to treat boils, dermatitis, as a cicatrizant and analgesic [ 130 ] . Solanum torvum and Solanum mammosum leaf juices are rubbed onto afflicted areas for athlete's foot in Belize [ 109 ] . Solanum nigrescens leaf decoction was suggested as an effective treatment for vaginal candidiasis [ 55 108 ] . Solanum americanum leaf extracts were active against Microsporum species, Epidermophyton floccosum , Trichophyton species and Cryptococcus neoformans and showed intraperitoneal subacute toxicity in mice [ 127 131 108 ] .
Many investigators have suggested that vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) occurs more frequently in diabetics [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ] . Further, chronic recurring VVC may be a marker of diabetes [ 9 ] . Several studies report increased rates of asymptomatic vaginal carriage rates of Candida species and incidence of symptomatic infection in diabetic women, but results are inconsistent [ 5 10 11 12 13 14 ] . While some show no increase in carriage of vaginal Candida [ 5 ] , those demonstrating increased Candida carriage in female diabetes patients do not examine the effect of glucose control or diabetes type [ 12 14 ] . However, in vitro studies demonstrating impaired host response directed against Candida in diabetics support the idea of increased rates of Candida colonization among diabetics [ 4 6 7 ] . Whether diabetes leads to more symptomatic and/or more recurrent VVC episodes is a subject of controversy.
[ 25 ] had previously generated a single allele knockout in C. albicans of the guanylyltransferase component of the capping apparatus (Cgt1) using the URA-blaster technique and noted a variety of pleiotrophic effects on stress response, hygromycin sensitivity, and colony morphology in the CGT1/cgt1Δ heterozygote, but they found that the heterozygote was just as virulent as the wild-type strain in animal models of systemic candidiasis.
To evaluate the relationship between Candida colonization and hypothesized risk factors for vulvovaginal candidiasis colonization in diabetics, we conducted a cross-sectional study among female diabetes patients receiving care at one of two diabetes clinics.
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