title: [Multifocal fungal infections in pregnant women].
abstract: The aim of the study was to estimate the prevalence of fungi in monofocal and multifocal infections in pregnant women. 251 pregnant women were examined for presence of fungi in vagina, oral cavity and rectum. Fungal strains were recovered in 259 out of 753 samples (49.2% of all pregnant women). Presence of fungi in vagina was associated with the invasion of oral cavity and/or rectum in 98% of all women. Monofocal vulvovaginal mycosis was found only in 1.9% of the cases. Bifocal infections depended on the ontocenoses: vagina - oral cavity (32.1%); vagina--rectum (7.5%); oral cavity--rectum (13.2%). Trifocal infections (vagina - oral cavity--rectum) occurred in 58.5% of all examined women.
authors.affiliation: Instytut Centrum Zdrowia Matki Polki w Lodzi, Klinika Medycyny Matczyno-Płodowej, 93 - 338 Lódź, Rzgowska 281/289.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nowakowska
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kurnatowska
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wilczyński
mesh_terms: D002175:Candida / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002181:Candidiasis, Vulvovaginal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D005658:Fungi / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D009055:Mouth / Q000382:microbiology; D009181:Mycoses / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D012007:Rectum / Q000382:microbiology; D013045:Species Specificity; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology