title: Risk factors for candida infection of the genital tract in the tropics.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the risk factors associated with candida infection of the genital tract in the tropics.
  
  
  METHODS
  We performed questionnaire survey and experiments at the Hainan branch of General Hospital of People's Liberation Army, Hainan General Hospital and Sanya Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital in 2013. Controls were without Candida infection of genital tract, and cases had from Candida infection.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We recruited 689 cases and 652 controls. The average age of cases with Candida infection of the genital tract was higher than that of controls. In the multivariate modeling, marriage (adjusted odds ratio: 2.49, 95% confidential interval: 1.09-5.67) and vaginal lavage (adjusted odds ratio: 4.41, 95% confidential interval: 1.13-5.14) were significantly associated with Candida infection of genital tract in tropics.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Candida infection was related with age. Marriage and Vaginal lavage were significant risk factors. Attention should be paid to health education for the prevention of these infections.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Peoples Liberation Army General Hospital.
authors.forename: Na
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dou
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Peoples Liberation Army General Hospital.
authors.forename: Weiping
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Peoples Liberation Army General Hospital.
authors.forename: Enfeng
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Peoples Liberation Army General Hospital.
authors.forename: Chan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Peoples Liberation Army General Hospital.
authors.forename: Zhaozhao
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Peoples Liberation Army General Hospital.
authors.forename: Honghui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002175:Candida / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002181:Candidiasis, Vulvovaginal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007973:Leukorrhea / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011539:Pruritus Vulvae / Q000209:etiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014329:Tropical Climate
keywords: Candida infection; genital tract; risk factors
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