Prevalence Of Candida Albicans Among Pregnant Women At Osu Primary Health Care Isiala Mbano

Prevalence of Candida albicans among pregnant women at Osu Primary Health Care Isiala Mbano was carried out from August through September, 2013 using a total of 84 urine samples. The demographic characteristics of the study population within the age groups of 15 – 44 years were also determined. The result revealed the occurrence of yeast cells in urine of pregnant women of age group 20 - 24 and 25 - 29 with 2(7.69%) and 1(7.69%) prevalent rates respectively. The highest percentage of pregnant women with Candida albicans occurred in the age groups of 15 – 19 years. Pregnant women with the highest (24.00%) percentage of C. albicans had tertiary level of education and in contrast to the lowest percentage of C. albicans recorded for primary (8.70%) and secondary (9.09%) level of education. Ages of 35 - 39 recorded no presence of C. albicans. High prevalence 7(18.92%) of Candida albicans and Candida species was documented in this study. These findings should be taken into account in further research concerning presence of Candida infections among pregnant women in Nigeria