Vulvovaginal Candidiasis in Pregnant Women and its Importance for Candida Colonization of Newborns

Zisova Liliya G.; Chokoeva Anastasia A.; Amaliev Georgi I.; Petleshkova Penka V.; Miteva-Katrandzhieva Tsonka М.; Krasteva Maya B.; Uchikova Ekaterina H.; Kouzmanov Andrei H.; Ivanova Zoya V.

doi:10.1515/folmed-2016-0018

Folia Medica (Jun 2016)

Vulvovaginal Candidiasis in Pregnant Women and its Importance for Candida Colonization of Newborns

Zisova Liliya G.,
Chokoeva Anastasia A.,
Amaliev Georgi I.,
Petleshkova Penka V.,
Miteva-Katrandzhieva Tsonka М.,
Krasteva Maya B.,
Uchikova Ekaterina H.,
Kouzmanov Andrei H.,
Ivanova Zoya V.

Affiliations

Zisova Liliya G.: Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Plovdiv, 15А Vasil Aprilov Blvd., 4002 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Chokoeva Anastasia A.: Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Medical University of Plovdiv, St George University Hospital, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Amaliev Georgi I.: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Plovdiv, St George University Hospital, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Petleshkova Penka V.: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Plovdiv, St George University Hospital, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Miteva-Katrandzhieva Tsonka М.: Department of Social Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Public Health, Medical University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Krasteva Maya B.: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Plovdiv, St George University Hospital, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Uchikova Ekaterina H.: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Plovdiv, St George University Hospital, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Kouzmanov Andrei H.: National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Sofia, Bulgaria
Ivanova Zoya V.: National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Sofia, Bulgaria

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/folmed-2016-0018
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 58, no. 2
pp. 108 – 114

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Vulvovaginal candidiasis is the second most common cause of vaginitis worldwide (after bacterial candidiasis). Maternal vulvovaginal candidiasis is a major risk factor for Candida colonization and infection of the infant where prognosis depends on different predisposing factors. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence and the etiological structure of vulvovaginal candidiasis in pregnant women and its impact on Candida colonization of newborns.

Published in Folia Medica

ISSN: 0204-8043 (Print); 1314-2143 (Online)
Publisher: Pensoft Publishers
Country of publisher: Bulgaria
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://foliamedica.bg

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