[Correlation between clinical characteristics and mycological tests in the vulvovaginitis by Candida].

Background: Vulvovaginitis caused by Candida sp is one of the most frequent infections.

Objectives: To culture and to identify the fungi related to clinical manifestations of patients based on a suspected diagnosis of vulvovaginal candidiasis.

Patients And Methods: A prospective, transversal and comparative study was performed on 181 women older than 18 years with vulvovaginitis by Candida sp.

[Infection of the surgical site. Experience of two years in the gynecology and obstetric service of Mexican General Hospital].

Objective: To know the incidence and causal agents of the surgical site infection at the Gynecology and Obstetrics Service of the Hospital General de Mexico.

Material And Method: A retrospective, descriptive and analytical study was performed on patients with surgical site infection at the Gynecology and Obstetrics Service of the Hospital General de Mexico during January 1st, 2000 to December 31st, 2001.

Results: A global low rate of surgical site infection was observed, with predominance on the third life decade patients and on obstetrics events (69.

[Fetal ovarian cyst. A report of a case].

Fetal ovarian cyst is uncommon; it represents the second place of fetal abdominal tumors, after urinary tract tumors. The cause of fetal ovarian cysts still remains unclear, although it is likely to be promoted by hormones. Its prognosis is usually good.

[Arachnoid cyst and pregnancy. Report of a case].

The arachnoid cysts are intracranial liquid collections with a congenital etiology. It is necessary to establish the absence of bibliographical information about this disease and its relation with pregnancy. A case is presented related to the treatment of a nineteen year old pregnant patient with a 31 week pregnancy and a history of arachnoid cysts with convulsions as the main symptom.

[Risk factors for cervical cancer].

In the following document a case and control study carried out in the Hospital General de Mexico is presented. The research obtained and analyzed facts related to social and cultural issues, as well as the obstetrics and gynecologist background, stating for each one of them, the relative risk and its statistical meaning with a trust degree of 95%. All of these aspects are considered critical causes for the development of cervix and uterine cancer.

[Study on Candida no-albicans species and its relation to recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis].

Genital candidiasis is a frequent pathology among women. It has a 5% incidence rate of presenting itself in a recurrent way, which leads to a longer treatment. Candida gender has various species.

[Hematologic profile in pregnancy].

We show a study about haematologic profile at 214 pregnant women, who came to prenatal control at Gynecology and Obstetrics service in the Hospital General de México. This study was realized to stablish the haematologic profile and to have better basis for interpret the different changes that ocur during pregnancy.