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Comparative Study
. 1999 Mar;40(1):25-36.

[Isolation, identification and serotyping of yeasts obtained from the vaginal fluid in patients with clinical vaginitis]

[Article in Spanish]
M Mendoza  1 , I González, E J Bellorin, W Salazar, L Mendoza, E A Zambrano, M C de Albornoz
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Comparative Study

[Isolation, identification and serotyping of yeasts obtained from the vaginal fluid in patients with clinical vaginitis]

[Article in Spanish]
M Mendoza et al. Invest Clin. 1999 Mar.

Abstract

A study was carried out to determine the presence of Candida in 105 patients with clinical vaginitis who consulted in the Infectious Disease Unit of the Vargas Hospital after referral from Gynecology Service. Yeasts were detected in 23 cases (24%), and identified as C. albicans (12), C. tropicalis (5), C. guilliermondii (3), C. glabrata (2) and C. parapsilosis (1). The presence of hyphae was observed in 50% of the direct examinations, in which the isolated species was C. albicans. These structures were not observed in infections with other species of Candida. In this study, there was relatively little difference between the percentages of serotypes A and B, 58 % and 42, respectively. This is in contrast with previous studies reported in clinical material from Venezuela and other countries, in which serotype A presented a greater incidence than serotype B. Our observations suggest an increase in serotype B C. albicans in vaginal candidiasis.

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