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Abstract:
The aim of the study was to investigate the relation between genital infections (frequency, etiology, clinical presentation) among girls with type 1 diabetes and some factors as age of the girls, duration and metabolic control of diabetes. Forty-three girls with type 1 diabetes and twelve healthy girls for controls were involved in the study. Methods used are: genital tract inspection, direct microscopy and cultures from genital discharge and urine. Glycaemic control in the diabetic girls was assessed by measuring total glycosylated haemoglobin. The results show vulvovaginal candidiasis in 27 (62.8%) in diabetic girls versus 2 (16.6%) in controls (p < 0.01). There was clear prevalence of non-albicans Candida species. Concomitant infection with bacterial pathogens were proved in only 6 (13.9%) of diabetic girls and 1 (8.5%) of the controls. The clinical presentation of genital candidiasis was vulvovaginitis and most of the affected diabetic girls (88.9%) were in puberty period. There was no relation between duration and metabolic control of diabetes and genital infections.
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