TABLE 2.
Yeasts isolated from each body site from each group of women
| HIV status | Pregnancy status | No. of women | Species (no. of isolates)/yeast recovery rate (%) from the following body sitea:
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| Oral cavity | Vagina | Rectum | |||
| Positive | No | 19 | C. albicans (10), C. parapsilosis (1), C. krusei (1)/63 | C. albicans (6), C. parapsilosis (2)/42 | C. albicans (10), C. parapsilosis (1), C. glabrata (1)/63 |
| Negative | No | 19 | C. albicans (10), S. cerevisiae (1)/58 | C. albicans (6), C. tropicalis (1), C. lusitaniae (1), C. krusei (2)/53 | C. albicans (4), C. parapsilosis (1), S. cerevisiae (1), C. krusei (2)/42 |
| Negative | Yes | 11 | C. albicans (6)/55 | C. albicans (5), C. parapsilosis (2), C. glabrata (1)/73 | C. albicans (2), C. parapsilosis (2), C. glabrata (1)/45 |
a
None of the differences in yeast recovery rate was statistically significant between any two treatment groups, with all P values being >0.1.