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. 2021 Jan 14;13(1):e12700. doi: 10.7759/cureus.12700

Table 5. Association between discharge and organism isolated on culture (N=200).

YOCA: yeast other than C. albicans.

Organism isolated on culture Discharge Chi-square test
Thick curdy discharge Thin excessive discharge Purulent discharge Foul+frothy discharge Grayish-white+fishy discharge Total χ2 P-value
Negative 0 (0.0%) 52 (100.0%) 0 (0.0%) 26 (100.0%) 17 (100.0%) 95 (47.5%) 400.000 <0.001
C. albicans 42 (56.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 42 (21.0%)
YOCA 33 (44.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 33 (16.5%)
E. coli 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 15 (50.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 15 (7.5%)
S. aureus 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 9 (30.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 9 (4.5%)
K. pneumoniae 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 4 (13.3%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 4 (2.0%)
Enterococcus species 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 2 (6.7%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 2 (1.0%)
Total 75 (100.0%) 52 (100.0%) 30 (100.0%) 26 (100.0%) 17 (100.0%) 200 (100.0%)