Abstract:Summary
From 200 women with term pregnancy and intact membranes at the beginning of labor we collected vaginal smears for Candida albicans cultures. From their newborns we collected, immediately after birth, tracheal aspirates and cultured them for C. albicans.
Our results differ from those reported in the literature. From the 400 patients (200 mothers; 200 newborns), only in 17 (8.5%) vaginal smears, and only in 13 (6.5%) tracheal aspirates was C. albicans isolated. Other authors reported a percentage of 27 t… Show more
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