Frequency and Etiology of Vulvovaginal Candidiasis in Women Referred to a Gynecological Center in Babol, lran

Esmaeilzadeh, Seddigheh; Mahdavi Omran, Saeid; Rahmani, Zahra

doi:10.22074/ijfs.2009.45751

Frequency and Etiology of Vulvovaginal Candidiasis in Women Referred to a Gynecological Center in Babol, lran

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Fatemezahra Infertility Reproductive Health Research, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran

² Medical Parasitology and Mycology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran

10.22074/ijfs.2009.45751

Abstract

Background
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.

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