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Candida isolates from pregnant women and their antifungal susceptibility in a Malaysian tertiary-care hospital

Masri SN 1 , Noor SM 2 , Nor LA 3 , Osman M 4 , Rahman MM 5

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  • 1 Siti Norbaya Masri, Department of Medical Microbiology & Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 2 Sabariah Md Noor, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 3 Lailatul Akmar Mat Nor, Department of Pathology, Hospital Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 4 Malina Osman, Department of Medical Microbiology & Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 5 MM Rahman, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Cheras 56000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Pak J Med Sci, 2015;31(3):658-61.
PMID: 26150863 DOI: 10.12669/pjms.313.7072

Abstract

Pregnant women are susceptible to vaginal colonization and infection by yeast. The purpose of the study was to determine the prevalence of Candida spp in high vaginal swabs of pregnant women and their antifungal susceptibility.

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