| prevalence of candida albicans and trichomonas vaginalis in pregnant women in havana city by an immunologic latex agglutination test. | we aimed to estimate the prevalence of candida albicans and trichomonas vaginalis in immunocompetent pregnant women living in havana city, cuba, with or without symptoms of vaginitis, using a sample of 640 women from 6 gyneco-obstetrics hospitals, which represents 2.5% of total yearly pregnant women. diagnosis was made using a new latex agglutination kit (newvagin c-kure, la habana, cuba). clinical sensitivity and specificity of this assay were validated against culture method, with 467 and 489 ... | 2004 | 15775877 |
| serotyping of candida albicans isolated from clinical specimens. | a specific antiserum to candida albicans serotype a was prepared absorbing a total antiserum with candida albicans serotype b cells. this specific antiserum was used for serotyping c. albicans strains obtained from patients in different hospitals of havana city, cuba. two hundred strains (95.2%) were serotype a, the remaining 10 (4.8%) were serotype b. results were also correlated with strains isolated from the specimen origin, sex and race of the patient. the usefulness of this specific antiser ... | 1990 | 2215235 |