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Bacterial vaginosis (BV) was detected by Nugent\u2019s scoring,<jats:italic>Candida<\/jats:italic>infection by culture, and trichomoniasis (TV) by wet mount. One hundred and ten (28.9%) women presented with symptoms of vaginitis. The presenting symptoms were vaginal discharge 106 (96.4%), vulval itching\/irritation 19 (17.3%), malodor 5 (4.5%), pain in abdomen 3 (2.7%), and dysuria 1 (0.9%). The commonest etiology detected was<jats:italic>Candida<\/jats:italic>in 33 (30%) cases, of which 18 (54.5%) were<jats:italic>C. albicans<\/jats:italic>and 15 (45.5%) non-<jats:italic>albicans Candida<\/jats:italic>(NAC) infections. The NAC isolates were<jats:italic>C. glabrata<\/jats:italic>(<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M1\"><mml:mi>n<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo><mml:mn>10<\/mml:mn><\/mml:math>),<jats:italic>C. tropicalis<\/jats:italic>(<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M2\"><mml:mi>n<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo><mml:mn>3<\/mml:mn><\/mml:math>), and<jats:italic>C. krusei<\/jats:italic>(<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M3\"><mml:mi>n<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo><mml:mn>2<\/mml:mn><\/mml:math>). BV and TV were observed in 19 (17.3%) and 2 (1.8%) cases, respectively. A statistically significant association between<jats:italic>Candida<\/jats:italic>infection and presence of curdy-white discharge (<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M4\"><mml:mi>p<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo><mml:mn>0.001<\/mml:mn><\/mml:math>) and vulval itching\/irritation (<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M5\"><mml:mi>p<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo><mml:mn>0.007<\/mml:mn><\/mml:math>) was noted. To conclude, we observed the etiological predominance of<jats:italic>Candida<\/jats:italic>infection, with considerable prevalence of NAC, indicating the need for microbiological investigation up to species level in cases of<jats:italic>Candida<\/jats:italic>infections, to ensure appropriate management.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1155\/2015\/817092","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,8,17]],"date-time":"2015-08-17T21:05:24Z","timestamp":1439845524000},"page":"1-5","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":21,"title":["Clinicoetiological Characterization of Infectious Vaginitis amongst Women of Reproductive Age Group from Navi Mumbai, India"],"prefix":"10.1155","volume":"2015","author":[{"given":"Anuradha","family":"Narayankhedkar","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Shahbazker\u2019s Diagnostics Pvt. 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