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Mayo Clinic: "Yeast infection (vaginal)," "Male yeast infection: How can I tell if I have one?" "Genital warts," "Urinary tract infection (UTI)," "Prednisone and other corticosteroids."

STD-GOV: "Yeast Infection In Men (Balanitis)."

WomensHealth: "Vaginal yeast infections," "Bacterial vaginosis."

NHS Choices: "Antifungal medicines," "How to keep a penis clean."

CDC: "Vulvovaginal Candidiasis," "Gonorrhea - CDC Fact Sheet," "Chlamydia - CDC Fact Sheet," "Who Gets Fungal Infections?" "Medications that Weaken Your Immune System and Fungal Infections," "People Living With HIV/AIDS," "Cancer Patients and Fungal Infections."

TeensHealth: "Vaginal Yeast Infections," "Vaginal Discharge: What's Normal, What's Not."

American Family Physician: "Treatment of Recurrent Vulvovaginal Candidiasis," "Diagnosis and Treatment of Atrophic Vaginitis."

Global Journal of Health Science: "The Comparison of Vaginal Cream of Mixing Yogurt, Honey and Clotrimazole on Symptoms of Vaginal Candidiasis."

Drugs: "Cranberry and urinary tract infections."

Journal of Applied Microbiology: "Origanum vulgare essential oil affects pathogens causing vaginal infections."

Journal of Medical Mycology: "Anticandidal, antibacterial, cytotoxic and antioxidant activities of Calendula arvensis flowers."

Medscape: "Balanitis Clinical Presentation."

Cleveland Clinic: "Trichomoniasis," "Diabetes: Foot & Skin Related Complications."

FamilyDoctor: "Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)," "Urinary Tract Infections," "Lichen Planus."

Institute of Medicine Committee on Prevention and Control of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. The Hidden Epidemic: Confronting Sexually Transmitted Diseases, National Academies Press, 1997.

Harvard Health Publishing: "Managing common vulvar skin conditions," "Atrophic vaginitis can cause itching, burning, and sexual discomfort but treatments are available."

DermNet NZ: "Lichen sclerosus."

Office of Women's Health: "Q+A: Vaginal yeast infection."

Contraception: "Can intrauterine contraceptive devices be a Candida albicans reservoir?"

American Diabetes Association: "Women and Diabetes: Frequently Asked Questions."

University of Washington Women's Health: "Understanding Diabetes."

Joslin Diabetes Center: "High Blood Glucose: What It Means and How To Treat It."

National Resource Center On Lupus: "Protecting yourself from infections."

Postgraduate Medical Journal: "Urogenital infections in women: can probiotics help?"

Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing: "Prevention and Treatment of Vulvovaginal Candidiasis Using Exogenous Lactobacillus."

BMJ: "Effect of lactobacillus in preventing post-antibiotic vulvovaginal candidiasis: a randomised controlled trial."

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