Frecuencia del género Candida en vagina de mujeres en edad reproductiva

• Main Authors: María Lucía Delmonte, Priscila Fernández, Sandra Robertiz, Evelyn González, Noris Arcaya
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Universidad del Zulia,Facultad de Medicina,Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales 2017
• Subjects: vaginitis; Candida; edad reproductiva; reproductive age; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Característico
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/687402e0ff3545f7933790b490344b49

Abstract: Candida is considered an opportunistic pathogen that depends on specific virulence factors and host predisposing factors to cause infection. Digestive and respiratory tracts, along with the genital mucosa (vagina), are the most important reservoirs in humans and origin of endogenous candid...