Candidiasis During Pregnancy May Result From Isogenic Commensal Strains

Wayne Daniels; Douglas D. Glover; Michael Essmann; Bryan Larsen

doi:10.1155/S1064744901000138

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology (Jan 2001)

Candidiasis During Pregnancy May Result From Isogenic Commensal Strains

Wayne Daniels,
Douglas D. Glover,
Michael Essmann,
Bryan Larsen

Affiliations

Wayne Daniels: Infectious Disease Research Laboratory, Des Moines University Osteopathic Medical Center, 3200 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50312, USA
Douglas D. Glover: Infectious Disease Research Laboratory, Des Moines University Osteopathic Medical Center, 3200 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50312, USA
Michael Essmann: Consortium on Reproductive and Developmental Health, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center of the West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA
Bryan Larsen: Infectious Disease Research Laboratory, Des Moines University Osteopathic Medical Center, 3200 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50312, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/S1064744901000138
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 2
pp. 65 – 73

Abstract

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Conclusion: Symptomatic yeast vaginitis is usually due to strains of C. albicans already carried in the lower genital tract, underscoring the need to understand regulation of growth and virulence of the organism in vivo.

Published in Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

ISSN: 1064-7449 (Print); 1098-0997 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Gynecology and obstetrics; Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7281

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