Abstract

PINEDA-MURILLO, Javier; CORTES-FIGUEROA, Arturo ángel; URIBARREN-BERRUETA, Teresita del Niño Jesús  and  CASTANON-OLIVARES, Laura Rosio. Vaginal Candidiasis: current situation of Mexico and other Latin American countries. Revista médica Risaralda [online]. 2017, vol.23, n.1, pp.38-44. ISSN 0122-0667.

Yeasts of the genus Candida cause diseases in humans ranging from superficial, non-serious, to systemic and potentially life-threatening infections. Candidiasis or thrush, is the common origin of vaginal disease and although it is not considered disabling, infection usually cause troublesome symptoms that alter the behavior of the patient. In Mexico it is considered the unique mycosis of mandatory reporting to health authorities. Therefore, in this work a literature review was conducted to know the state of the art of the vulvovaginitis caused by Candida spp. (VVC), as well as provide a brief description about the frequency presented by this infection in different countries of Latin America, with special emphasis on Mexico. It shows that the frequencies of VVC in Latin America, are very similar to those reported in countries such as the United States of America; in addition, Candida albicans still prevails as the main etiologic agent. The differences found between developed countries with respect to Latin American countries basically consist of the diagnostic methods and the type of treatment. Unfortunately, in Mexico, while the VVC ranks ninth among the 20 principal causes of disease in the country, in very few cases is carried out the identification of the causative species, which constitutes a fact of epidemiological importance, considered as the basis for investigating the factors that increase the risk of infection, especially by Candida nonalbicans species and to determine if the disease is preventable or controllable

Keywords : Vulvovaginitis; Candida; candidiasis; Mexico; Latin America.

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