VAGINAL YEAST INFECTIONS IN DIABETIC WOMEN

Two hundred and three diabetic women (89 with and 114 without genital symptoms) were examined for the presence of yeasts and Trichomonas vag inalis. Yeasts were isolated from the vaginas of 35,5% of patients and were more common in the symptomatic group (48,0%) than the asymptomat ic group (25,4%; P < 0,05). Candida albicans was isolated from 12,8% o f all patients and showed a significant association with pruritus vulv ae (P < 0,05). A significant association was also shown between the pr esence of yeasts in the rectum and in the vagina. C. glabrata (Torulop sis glabrata) was the commonest yeast species isolated (50,0%), with C . albicans the next most frequent (36,1%). T. vaginalis infection was present in 14,3% of all subjects.