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Abstract
SUMMARY
Candida albicans is a common inhabitant of the human gastro-intestinal tract, vagina and upper respiratory tract, but is increasingly a cause of serious and life threatening infections as endocarditis and meningitis or even septicaemia can also occur.
Superficial infections of the mucous membranes and skin are the most common and important forms.
Vaginal candidosis is a frequent and troublesome dis¬order during the reproductive life of the women, particularly because recurrence after apparent cure is encountered so often and presents a challenge to the gynecologist.
It is a universal problem affecting millions of women and one of the most common infections encountered by obstetricians and gynecologists from all parts of the world.
Approximately 30 % of pregnant and 15 % of non pregnant harbor Candida in the vagina. Half of these carriers have or will develop candidal vulvovaginitis