title: Incidence and distribution of vaginal yeasts in Malaysian women.
abstract: A total of 2,153 high vaginal swabs were processed for the presence of yeasts. The specimens were obtained from pregnant and non-pregnant Malaysian women with and without vaginitis. The yeast species most commonly isolated were Candida albicans, C. glabrata, C. famata and C. parapsilosis. C. albicans was isolated from 27% of pregnant women with vaginitis, 14% of pregnant women with no overt vaginitis, 15% of non-pregnant women with vaginitis, and 3% of non-pregnant women with no vaginitis. The significant difference of the isolation rates from women with and without vaginitis indicates that C. albicans is likely to be a vaginal pathogen.
authors.forename: Y F
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Ngeow
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Soo-Hoo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002175:Candida / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002181:Candidiasis, Vulvovaginal / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology*; D015003:Yeasts / Q000302:isolation & purification*