title: Prevalence of Candida sp. in the cervical-vaginal cytology stained by Harris-Shorr.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the prevalence of Candida sp. by cervical-vaginal cytology in patients from the Brazilian Public Health System (SUS) and from the Private Network (RP).
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective study on the results of cytology exams from the Souza Anatomy Laboratory of Maringá, Paraná state, Brazil, from 2004 to 2006.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 94,203 reports of cytology were evaluated, with a prevalence of Candida sp. of 4.94% (n = 4,655), with no significant variation in the two populations or among the 3 years studied (P > 0.05). Candida sp. predominated in both populations, aged between 20 and 39 years (P < 0.0001). The bacterial flora linked to Candida sp. was of lactobacilli (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  With the results obtained, it was noticed that the socio-economical level does not seem to influence the epidemiology of the Candida sp. and pointed to a balance in terms of numbers of this agent in Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.
authors.affiliation: Division of Clinical Cytology, Souza Anatomy Laboratory of Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.forename: Agenor
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Storti-Filho
authors.forename: R J S
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.forename: Edílson
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Damke
authors.forename: I C J
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Mello
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: T I E
authors.initials: TI
authors.lastname: Svidizinski
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Lopes-Consolaro