Naslov
Fungal infections of urogenital system

Autori
Mlinarić-Missoni, Emilija ; Lipozenčić, Jasna ; Marinović-Kulišić, Sandra ; Mlinarić-Džepina, Ana

Izvornik
Acta Dermatovenerologica Croatica (1330-027X) 12 (2004), 2; 77-83

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Candida; candidiasis; cervicitis; cystitic; mycoses; urinary tract infections; vulvovaginitis

Sažetak
We analyzes the frequency of isolation of individual fungal species in 107 patients(72% females and 28% males)aged 16-82 years, who were treated in primary care for cystitis, vulvovaginitis, and cervicitis. The samples were analyzed at Microbiological Laboratory of Zagreb Institute of Public Health, Croatia, between September 1, 2002 and June 31, 2003. Eight species of yeast were isolated from the samples. Candida (C.)albicans, C glabrata and C. krusei were the most common isolates with of 61, 7%, 10, 3% and 8, 4%, respectively. Other species C. guilliermondii, C. famata, C. tropicalis, C. parapsilosis and C. kefyr) were less frequently isolated, between 0, 9 and 7, 5%.In women, the frequency of isolation of C. albicans species from urine samples ranged from 83, 3% to 30, 8%, and from uterine cervical swabs from 85, 7% to 50%, showing a decreasing trend with patients' age. The frequency of C. albicans isolates from vaginal swabs was equal (50%) in younger (<30 years) and older women (51 or more years), but twice less frequent in middle-aged females. In males, the frequency of isolating C. albicans species from urine samples decreased with age (from 100% to 52, 4%).In the 107 analyzed samples with positive fungal culture, yeast isolations were significant more frequent than pure culture (93, 5%) and in a large number of colony counts (57, 0%).This suggested that these yeast species might have a pathogenic role in the causation of urogenital system infections.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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