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The incidence of candidiasis in 125 symptomless, non-gravid women in Ile-Ife State Hospital, Ile-lfe, Oyo-State of Nigeria was determined by either microscopic observation or cultural methods. Among the three techniques investigated, the cultural method had the highest recovery rate with 60% of the cultures from 125 patients positive. Statistical analysis of the data(X2) demonstrated a significant difference between the recovery rates at the P < 0.01 level. The implications of these findings were discussed in the text.
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Elegbe, I.A., Botu, M. Direct microscopical versus cultural method in screening for candidiasis among non gravid nigerian women. Mycopathologia 79, 137–139 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01837192
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