عنوان به زبان ديگر :
Frequency and Etiology of Vulvovaginal Candidiasis in Women Referred to a Gynecological Center in Babol, lran
پديد آورندگان :
Esmaeilzadeh Seddigheh نويسنده , Mahdavi Omran Saeid نويسنده , Rahmani Zahra نويسنده
چكيده لاتين :
Vulvovaginal candidiasis is the most common fungal disease in sexually active
women of which Candida albicans is the primary etiologic agent.
Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed to determine the etiologic agents
of vulvovaginal candidiasis amongst 2000 women who presented to the Gynecological Center of
Babol Shahid Yahyanejad Educational Hospital from 2006-2007 with symptoms of vulvovaginal
candidiasis.
Results: Discharge and pruritus were the most common symptoms in patients (80%). There were
42 out of 97 (43.3%) specimens which were positive for yeast. Of these, 80.95% belonged to
Candida albicans and 14.29% were Candida krusei.
Conclusion: Discharge and pruritus were the most common symptoms of vulvovaginal candidiasis.
In our study, C. albicans was the most common species isolated from the specimens.
