Volume : V, Issue : I, January - 2015

Detection and Prevalence of Candida Isolates among Patients in Amravati City of Maharashtra State, India

Vilas A. Kamble

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This study aimed to detect and determine the prevalence of Candida isolates among patients attending hospital in Amravati. A total of two hundred patients (92 males and 108 females) of different ages and socioeconomic status attending Govt. General Hospital Amravati; District Women Hospital, Amravati; T.B. Hospital, Amravati and Private pathology laboratories in Amravati were enrolled in this study. The clinical samples from the oral thrush, blood, urine and vaginal discharge were collected and cultured. The species of Candida isolated were identified. The overall isolation rate of Candida was found to be 55%. A total of 110 Candida isolates were obtained in this study, of which 48 (43.63%) were found to be Candida albicans and 62 (56.36%) were found to be different non–albicans Candida species. The majority of isolates were obtained from patients with oral thrush (80%) followed by vaginitis/vaginal discharges (77.77%), urine (40.47%) and blood (36.84%).

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Vilas A. Kamble Detection and Prevalence of Candida Isolates among Patients in Amravati City of Maharashtra State, India Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.5, Issue : 1 January 2015

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