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Urinary candidiasis—A mycological study

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2000 urine specimens were tested for a study on urinary candidiasis. Positive growth results were obtained with 1170 specimens, among which 28 were growth of the Candida species. The patients suffering from urinary candidiasis belonged to different age groups, sex, pregnant, nonpregnant symptomatic, and asymptomatic. 57% incidence among young, 35.7% among old, and 7.1% among children were recorded in this study. Out of 28 positive growths were from pergnant women, and 42.7% were from non-pregnant women, and among the total isolations 67.8% were symptomatic and 32.1% were asymptomatic. The study on biochemical characters and special morphological features reveal that out of 28 Candida isolations, 24 (85.7%) wereCandida albicans, and 4 (14.2%) were Candida of some other species.

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    A. Joseph Rayan, K. Thara Bai & Afzal Unnissa

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From the Department of Microbiology Kilpauk Medical College, Madras—600 010.

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Rayan, A.J., Thara Bai, K. & Unnissa, A. Urinary candidiasis—A mycological study. Indian J Pediatr 45, 119–123 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02902988

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