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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2008, p. 1501-1503, Vol. 46, No. 4
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.02485-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Survey of Vaginal-Flora Candida Species Isolates from Women of Different Age Groups by Use of Species-Specific PCR Detection{triangledown}

John-Paul Vermitsky,1,3 Matthew J. Self,1,3 Sean G. Chadwick,1,3 Jason P. Trama,2,3 Martin E. Adelson,3 Eli Mordechai,3 and Scott E. Gygax1,3*

Antimicrobial Resistance Division,1 Molecular and Cellular Biology Division,2 Research and Development Department, Medical Diagnostic Laboratories, L.L.C., 2439 Kuser Road, Hamilton, New Jersey 086903

Received 28 December 2007/ Returned for modification 6 February 2008/ Accepted 18 February 2008

A retrospective survey of 93,775 samples testing positive in Candida species-specific PCR tests performed on cervicovaginal swabs over a 4-year period demonstrated consistent yearly distributions of Candida albicans (89%), C. glabrata (7.9%), C. parapsilosis (1.7%), and C. tropicalis (1.4%). However, the species distributions among different age groups revealed increases in the percentages of non-albicans species with increases in age.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Antimicrobial Resistance Division, Research and Development Department, Medical Diagnostic Laboratories, L.L.C., 2439 Kuser Road, Hamilton, NJ 08690. Phone: (609) 570-1015. Fax: (609) 570-1030. E-mail: sgygax{at}mdlab.com

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 27 February 2008.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2008, p. 1501-1503, Vol. 46, No. 4
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.02485-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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