Naslov
Fungal infections of genito-urinary system

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

Izvornik
Mikologia lekarska (1232-986X) 11 (2004); 31-32

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, kongresno priopcenje, stručni

Ključne riječi
Fungal infections; genito-urinary system

Sažetak
The paper looks at the frequency of isolation of individual fungal species in 107 samples of the genito-urinary system (GUS), i.e. urines, vaginal and cervical swabs from patients treated in primary care (72% females and 28% males) aged 16-82 years with the clinical picture of cystitis, vulvovaginitis and cervicitis. They were analysed between 1 September 2002 and 31 June 2003 at the Microbiological Laboratory of Zagreb Institute of Public Health. Isolation revealed the presence of eight species of yeast in these samples. While Candida albicans, C. glabrata and C. krusei were the most common isolates with 61.7%, 10.3% and 8.4%, respectively, isolates of other species (C. guilliermondii, C. famata, C. tropicalis, C. parapsilosis and C. kefyr) ranged between 0.9 and 7.5%. In females, the frequency of isolation of C. albicans species from urine samples ranged from 83.3% to 30.8%, this varying from 85.7% to 50% for uterine cervical swabs, and decreasing with patients age. While the frequency of isolating the C. albicans species from vaginal swabs was equal (50%) in both younger age females (up to 30 years) and older age females (51 or more years), it was 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 GUS samples with positive fungal culture, yeast isolations were significantly more frequent from pure culture (93.5%) and in a large number of colony counts (57%). This suggests that these yeast species may have a pathogenic role in the causation of genito-urinary system infections.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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