Vulvovaginitis candidiásica: manifestaciones clínicas según la especie de cándida

Objective: To characterize the Vulvovaginal Candidiasis clinical manifestations according to the identified Candida species in women who attended to the gynecological service of the Maternidad Concepción Palacios. Methods: Prospective, cross-cutting, non-causal correlational study, which included a probabilistic sample of 203 women. A sample of vaginal secretion for cultivation was taken from each woman, in order to found the different species of fungi and to compare the clinical manifestations between the different cases. Results: There were 165 positive cultivation cases. Among them the two species with the highest frequency were Candida albicans in 105 patients (63.64%) and Candida glabrata in 49 patients (29.70 %). Candida parapsylasis, Candida tropicalis, and Candida krusei were found less frequently. With regard, the correlation between clinical manifestations and the species, the only clinical manifestation that presented statistically significant clinical differences were excoriations in candida tropicalis cases (p-0.012). Conclusions: There were no correlation between the vulvovaginal candidiasis clinical manifestations and the identified Candida species. Keywords: Vaginal candidiasis, Clinical manifestations, Candida species.