The incidence of XXXX amongst the asymptomatic female students of the University of Jos, Nigeria.

@entity9841 @entity59858 @entity7408 @entity7409 @entity7553 @entity3639 @entity5132 @entity281 @entity3397
A survey was carried out on the incidence of @entity7553 amongst the asymptomatic female students of University of Jos. One hundred and three students were selected at guided random. Their first stream urine samples were collected with the aid of sterile McCarthney bottles. The deposits of the centrifuged urine samples were plated out on sabouraud's dextrose agar (SDA) fortified with antibiotics ( @entity3397 and @entity3639 ). A total number of 42 positive Candida cases were obtained. This represented 40.78% of the total samples (103) examined. The Candida species isolated included @entity5132 , @entity7408 , C. guilliermondi, @entity7409 , C. pseudotropicalis, @entity5132 , @entity9841 and @entity59858 . @entity5132 and @entity9841 were more predominant than the other species. @entity5132 had 38.10% frequency of occurrence while @entity9841 had 21.43% occurrence. The least percentage occurrence was recorded for @entity59858 which had 2.38%. There were significant relationships between the incidence of @entity7553 and the predisposing factors like drug administration (antibiotics and contraceptive pills), cases of pregnancy and previous @entity281 . Neither the marital status nor the age groups of the test female students had significant effects on the incidence of this disease. The pH values of the infected urine samples had a significant effect on the incidence of the disease.
