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Can a woman transfer her yeast infection to a man during intercourse?
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Low likelihood : Unless your partner has loss of skin integrity and/or incompetence of their immune system. Need to make sure vulvovaginal candidiasis or 'yeast infection' is the diagnosis.
Answered 7/5/2016
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Yeast infection: Possible - yes. Likely - no
Answered 3/13/2020
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