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May 18, 2005Keywords:
Candidiasis Candida albicans Germ tube
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A Study of high Vaginal swabs in Kano Teaching Hospital - A Preliminary Report
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AIMS: To establish a baseline data of vaginal discharges in Kano and to compare clinical and laboratory diagnosis of abnormal vaginal discharges in Kano
METHODS: Standard Microscopical, cultural and biochemical procedures were used following a provisional clinical diagnosis. Standard strains were used as negative and positive controls
RESULTS: Candida albicans were found in 86 specimens as well as one non fully speciated Candida species. A few mixed infections with both Candida albicans and Trichomonas vaginalis. Staphylococcus aureus was found in a known case of puerperal sepsis. No single obvious case of Bacterial Vaginosis
CONCLUSION: The high frequency of germ tube confirmed Candida albicans in 52.5% of our patients should be a major source of concern. Salient salpingitis due to Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorihoeae require further investigation. Clinical and laboratory diagnosis show no major discrepancies in Kano.
KEY WORDS: Candidiasis, Candida albicans, Germ tube
Highland Medical Research Journal Vol.1(4) 2003: 57-61
METHODS: Standard Microscopical, cultural and biochemical procedures were used following a provisional clinical diagnosis. Standard strains were used as negative and positive controls
RESULTS: Candida albicans were found in 86 specimens as well as one non fully speciated Candida species. A few mixed infections with both Candida albicans and Trichomonas vaginalis. Staphylococcus aureus was found in a known case of puerperal sepsis. No single obvious case of Bacterial Vaginosis
CONCLUSION: The high frequency of germ tube confirmed Candida albicans in 52.5% of our patients should be a major source of concern. Salient salpingitis due to Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorihoeae require further investigation. Clinical and laboratory diagnosis show no major discrepancies in Kano.
KEY WORDS: Candidiasis, Candida albicans, Germ tube
Highland Medical Research Journal Vol.1(4) 2003: 57-61
