형광항체법을 이용한 질강내 Candida albicans의 검색에 관한 연구 = The detection of candia albicans from vagina by means of direct fluorescent antibody technique ( DFAT )

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

One hundred forty seven vaginal swab specimens from out-patients who had come to severance Hospital for antenatal care and 71 from general entertainer in the pulbic resorts at Kangwha-d area, were colletec for the diagnosis of candida albicans infection by employing direct fluorescent antibody technique. The results are summarized as follows; 1. Forty eight cases our of 218 sample (22.0%) cultivated on Sabouraud`s glucose slant media were identified as candida albicans and agreement rate between positive cases detected by cultivation method and DFAT was 97.9%. 2. Out of 147 specimens obtained from the out-patients 28 cases (19.0%) were revealed as positive reaction by DFAT. 3. 21 positive cases out of 71 general entertainers (29.5%) were detected by DFAT. 4. As in above results it is considered that DFAT is an available tool for the diagnosis of candida albicans infection especially in mass survey.