Role of vulvovaginal candidiasis infection in infertility: systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the relationship between fungal infection in the female genital tract and infertility.

Data sources

A systematic review was carried out, and the search was conducted in Medline, Embase, Web of Science, Google Scholar, and Cochrane Library databases until August 2022. The search strategy used standardized keywords such as "candidiasis" and "infertility," combined with their respective synonyms. The search was limited to human studies, with no language restrictions.

Study eligibility criteria

Primary articles that evaluated women of reproductive age with and without infertility and related to the presence or absence of candidiasis were included.

Study appraisal and synthesis methods

For the analyses, the odds ratio association measure was us

SUBMITTER: P Cordova AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10920545 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature