Table 3.
The association between clinical symptoms and microbiological diagnosis.
| Candidiasis | Bacterial vaginosis | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 33 | n = 19 | |||
| Present | p | Present | p | |
| N (%) | N (%) | |||
| Vaginal discharge n = 106 |
32 (30.2) | 1.00 | 17 (16.03) | 0.137 |
| Curdy-white discharge n = 15 |
13 (86.7) | 0.001 | 1 (6.7) | 0.297 |
| Vulval itching/irritation n = 19 |
12 (63.2) | 0.007 | 4 (21.1) | 0.519 |
| Pain in abdomen n = 3 |
— | 0.552 | 2 (66.7) | 0.076 |
| Malodor n = 5 |
1 (25) | 1.000 | 2 (40) | 0.205 |
| Dysuria n = 1 |
— | 1.000 | 1 (100) | 0.172 |
The group of women with candidiasis and bacterial vaginosis were compared with the respective group of women without infection. Trichomoniasis was not included as there were only 2 cases.