Prevalence of Bacterial Vaginosis and Vulvovaginal Candidiasis Mixed Infection in a Southeastern American STD Clinic

In Brief Bacterial vaginosis (BV) was diagnosed in 72.5% of female participants. Among women with BV, 33.1% were colonized with yeast. Vulvovaginal candidiasis was observed in 15.7% of participants irrespective of BV status. Overall, the prevalence of BV/vulvovaginal candidiasis mixed infections among young women was observed to be 4.4%. The prevalence of a vaginal mixed infection of bacterial vaginosis and vulvovaginal candidiasis was observed to be 4.4%.