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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">1310</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>INCIDENCE OF CANDIDIASIS AND TRICHOMONIASIS IN LEUCORRHOEA PATIENTS&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Panda</surname><given-names>Supriya</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>P.Nagamanasa</surname><given-names/></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Panda</surname><given-names>Sandhya Sri</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Ramani</surname><given-names>T.V.</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>18</day><month>02</month><year>2013</year></pub-date><volume/><issue/><fpage>92</fpage><lpage>96</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Objective: Aim of the present study was to know the incidence of candidiasis and trichomoniasis in women of childbearing age complaining leucorrhoea.&#13;
__ampersandsignnbsp;Methods: Vaginal swabs collected from each patient were processed immediately for hanging drop, wet mount and 10% KOH mount preparations; and gram stain. Culture was done on Sabouraud__ampersandsignrsquo;s Dextrose Agar. Candida isolates were identified by germ tube test, chlamydospore formation, sugars fermentation and assimilation tests.&#13;
__ampersandsignnbsp;Results: Out of 50 cases included in this study, 17 cases (34%) were negative for both Candida and T. vaginalis. T.vaginalis was present in 3 cases (6%) and Candida in 26 cases (52%). Mixed infection by both was present in 4 cases (8%). C.albicans was the commonest candida species (83%) causing leucorrhoea. Leucorrhoea was more common in 31-35 years old and who came from rural areas. Low back pain and pain in the lower abdomen was the most common associated clinical feature.&#13;
Conclusion: Present study reveals that candidiasis and trichomniasis are the most common cause of leucorrhoea.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>leucorrhoea</kwd><kwd> Candida</kwd><kwd> T. vaginalis</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
