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. 2010 Dec;5(4):277-9.

Urinary Tract Infections Associated with Candida albicans

Payam Behzadi  1 , Elham Behzadi, Hodjjat Yazdanbod, Roghiyyeh Aghapour, Mahboubeh Akbari Cheshmeh, Djaafar Salehian Omran
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Urinary Tract Infections Associated with Candida albicans

Payam Behzadi et al. Maedica (Bucur). 2010 Dec.

Abstract

Objectives: Candida albicans is an opportunistic fungal pathogen which causes urinary tract candidiasis in humans. In this research, we tried to find out the frequency of the Urinary Tract Infections associated with Candida albicans in patients who referred to Central Laboratory of Dr. Shariati Hospital, during 2 years (April 2006- April 2008).

Materials and methods: According to the archived recorded data, the questionnaires were filled out. At the end of this retrospective research, the statistical tests of Chi Square were operated through SPSS software version 15.

Outcomes: The results showed that, the Urinary Tract Infections associated with Candida albicans included 6.8% of patients. The remaining 93.2% of Urinary Tract Infections had related to bacterial pathogens.

Conclusions: The statistical analyses confirmed the significant association between Urinary Tract Infections caused by Candida albicans and female gender (P<0.05).

Keywords: Candida albicans; Candiduria; urinary tract infections.

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