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9480609

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-2-26
pubmed:abstractText
Fungal vaginal infections/colonisations can be divided into a symptomatic vaginal candidiasis and an asymptomatic vaginal Candida-carriage. The latter seems to be a predisposing factor for the development of a symptomatic vaginal candidiasis. The fungal organism isolated most frequently is Candida albicans, followed by Candida glabrata, which was previously also known as Torulopsis glabrata. To a lower extend, other Candida species such as Candida tropicalis and Candida krusei can be prevalent in the vulvovaginal region. Predisposing factors for vaginal candidiasis are gravidity, diabetes mellitus or a therapy with immunosuppressive agents. Also gestagenes showed to be a pre-disposing factor for vaginal candidiasis. Divergent results concerning the predisposition to vaginal candidiasis or colonisation due to oral contraception have so far been reported. Therefore we performed a study with two healthy collectives of female volunteers (n = 2 x 60) which were different concerning the taking of oral contraceptives. Overall, in 17% of the subjects (20/120) yeast could be cultured out of the vaginal secretions. There was no evidence for a higher rate of Candida-colonisation in subjects taking oral contraceptives. Further, there was no evidence for a relationship between the length of the taking of oral contraceptives and the rate of vaginal yeast-carriage. Also the type of oral contraceptive (combination or sequential contraceptive) had no influence on the frequency of Candida-carriage. Candida albicans was the most prevalent yeast (16/20), followed by Candida glabrata (4/20).
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0044-4197
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
119
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
545-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-2-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
[Oral contraceptive use and vaginal candida colonization].
pubmed:affiliation
Institut für Mikrobiologie und Virologie, Universität Witten/Herdecke.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, English Abstract