Identification of yeasts in public hospital primary care patients with or without clinical vaginitis


Erdem H., Cetin M., Timuroglu T., Cetin A., Yanar O., Pahsa A.

AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS & GYNAECOLOGY, cilt.43, sa.4, ss.312-316, 2003 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

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Objective: Vaginal yeast infections are one of the most common female genital tract infections. Candida albicans is the most common infectious cause. Candida species other than C. albicans are being diagnosed with increasing frequency. The aim of the present study was to determine species of yeasts obtained from the vaginal fluid among public hospital primary care patients with or without clinical vaginitis and to evaluate the correlation of vaginal yeast colonisation with epidemiological and clinical features of applicants.