[Bacterial and fungal vaginal infections--immunologic and clinical aspects]

Bacterial and fungal vaginal infections seem to be one of the most important problem in clinical gynaecology, because of their very often incidence and recurrence. One of the most important factor that implicates those epidemiological facts is local immunological response. Present paper summarises immunological mechanisms involved in antimicrobial response, and current knowledge on diagnosis and treatment of bacterial and fungal vaginal infections.