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PREVALENCE OF YEASTS AND FUNGI OTHER THAN Candida albicans IN THE VAGINA OF NORMAL YOUNG WOMEN
Author(s) -
Goldacre M. J.,
Milne L. J. R.,
Watt B.,
Loudon N.,
Vessey M. P.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1981.tb01214.x
Subject(s) - vagina , candida albicans , genitourinary system , vaginitis , vaginal discharge , medicine , gynecology , obstetrics , corpus albicans , sex organ , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , surgery , botany
Summary Yeasts and fungi other than Candida albicans were isolated from the vagina of 86 out of 1498 women (5·7 per cent) who attended a family planning clinic and they comprised 27·7 per cent of all fungal species obtained. These fungi were significantly more common in women aged 35 years and over and in those who used the diaphragm than in others. They were no more common in women with an abnormal vaginal discharge on examination than in others; and they were no more common in women with genitourinary symptoms than in women without.