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[Prevalence of vaginal candidiasis in a low-risk obstetric population in Santander]
F J Benito Vilella1, E Aguilera Zubizarreta, A Cuesta Pérez-Camino
1Centro de Salud Cazoña, Santander.
Objectives:
To find the prevalence of vaginal candidiasis in pregnant women monitored through primary care and to see whether it is on the increase.
Design:
Descriptive and retrospective study of pregnant women.
Setting:
Cazoña Health District (34,783 inhabitants).
Subjects:
The entire obstetric population monitored by our health centre between 1992 and 1997 inclusive.
Measurements And Results:
Retrospective study of clinical histories of all the pregnant women seen at our health centre (878 pregnancies). After discounting those referred to obstetricians, abortions/miscarriages and premature births, 549 normal low-risk pregnancies (62.30% of the total) were monitored to completion in primary care. The women's age range was 16 to 40. The mean prevalence of candidiasis was 18% (CI, 15.0-21.6). Its frequency increased as the number of pregnancies increased and dropped as the age of the pregnant women increased.
Conclusions:
Prevalence found in our study was 18% and did not increase as the years passed.
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