[Vaginal candidiasis: frequency of occurrence and risk factors].

Objective: Our purpose was to determine the incidence, risk factors and pregnancy outcome among women with vaginal growth of Candida species.

Materials And Methods: In the period from January 1, 1994 to December 31, 1997 inoculation results have been assessed of vaginal secretions collected on a standard Sabouraud base and demographic data has been collected of 10,825 pregnant women delivering in single and full-term pregnancy in the Municipal Hospital in Bydgoszcz.

Results And Conclusions: Positive inoculation results for Candida sp. has been noted by 2248 women, which constitutes 20.77% from the delivering women meeting the above mentioned conditions. Properties correlated with positive inoculation results were: living in the country (23.55%), age--below 20 years (24.56%), civil status--widow or divorced (23.88%), vocation (22.66%) or primary education (22.44%), unemployment (22.82%), third or further birth (21.26%) and earlier pregnancy complications (22.46%). An analysis of two simultaneously occurring factors has disclosed a very high percentage of positive inoculation results--in the group of women attending school and residing in the country (37.50%) and women below 20 years of age that have had earlier pregnancy complications (42.31%).