title: Prevalence of bacterial vaginosis and vulvovaginal candidiasis mixed infection in a southeastern american STD clinic.
abstract: Bacterial vaginosis (BV) was diagnosed in 72.5% of female participants. Among women with BV, 33.1% were colonized with yeast. Vulvovaginal candidiasis was observed in 15.7% of participants irrespective of BV status. Overall, the prevalence of BV/vulvovaginal candidiasis mixed infections among young women was observed to be 4.4%.
authors.affiliation: Sexually Transmitted Diseases Program, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294-0006, USA. rivers@uab.edu
authors.forename: Charles A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Rivers
authors.forename: Oluwaseun O
authors.initials: OO
authors.lastname: Adaramola
authors.forename: Jane R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Schwebke
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000407:Alabama / Q000453:epidemiology; D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities; D002181:Candidiasis, Vulvovaginal / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D060085:Coinfection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases; D016585:Vaginosis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D055815:Young Adult