Table 2.

Current genitourinary signs and symptoms of the study population, stratified by the diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis (BV) or genital Candida albicans infection (n = 99).

	Bacterial vaginosis†  n = 20		Candida albicans §& n = 22
	n (%)	P	n (%)	P
Vaginal discharge	9 (45)	0.72	15 (68.2)	0.03*
Genital itching	2 (10)	1	2 (9.1)	1
Dysmenorrhea	2 (10)	1	1 (4.5)	0.45
Abdominal/pelvic pain	0	0.34	2 (9.1)	0.61
Dysuria	0	1	0	1
Genital lesions and/or vaginal hyperemia	2 (10)	1	3 (13.6)	0.41

*A P value ≤0.05 was considered statistically significant. The group of patients with bacterial vaginosis and genital candidiasis were compared with the respective groups of uninfected patients.

^†The Nugent citeria was used for diagnosis.

^§Vaginal and/or endocervical.

^&4 of the these 22 patients were diagnosed with Candida spp.