Epidemiological and Molecular Study for Candida spp in Vagina | ||
| Medical Journal of Babylon | ||
| Article 1, Volume 11, Issue 1, March 2014, Pages 110-119 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Zainab A. Abbas; Salman Aziz; Abbas Abdul-Mueed | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The present study is a case control study where 120 clinically patient women during the period from 1st of March – 28th of December 2012 who were tested to prove C. albicans presence in their vagina by culture of vaginal swab on two media, the first was used for primary isolation which was Sabouraud´s dextrose agar media and the second was to differentiate Candida spp. The last identification was achieved by conventional PCR. Results of this study presented that the highest invasion of the vagina of Candida spp was accounted for C. albicans (38.3%) while other species were as follows: C. galabrata (3.3%), C. tropicalis (2.5%) and C. krusie (1%). | ||
| Keywords | ||
| albicans; CHROMagar; Vaginitis; non; albicans species; Hay; PCR | ||
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