Frequency of bacteria, Candida and malassezia species in balanoposthitis.

Alsterholm, Mikael,1977Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper,Institute of Clinical Sciences (author)

Balanoposthitis is an inflammatory disorder of the prepuce and glans penis. Microbes involved in balanoposthitis have been investigated, but no single study has covered the growth of both bacteria, Candida and Malassezia. We report here the prevalence of these microbes in 100 patients with balanoposthitis and in 26 control patients. Among patients with balanoposthitis there was a significantly higher frequency of positive cultures than in the control group (59% and 35%, respectively, p<0.05). In the balanoposthitis group Staphylococcus aureus was found in 19%, group B streptococci in 9%, Candida albicans in 18% and Malassezia in 23% of patients. In the control group S. aureus was not found at all, whereas C. albicans was found in 7.7% and Malassezia in 23% of patients. Different microbes did not correspond with distinct clinical manifestations. In summary, we report increased frequency of microbes, specifically S. aureus, in the area of the prepuce and glans penis in balanoposthitis.

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP Klinisk medicin Dermatologi och venereologi hsv//swe
MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES Clinical Medicine Dermatology and Venereal Diseases hsv//eng
balanoposthitis
microbes
bacteria
Candida
Malassezia
Adult
Aged
Bacteria/*isolation & purification
Balanitis/microbiology
Candida/*isolation & purification
Candida albicans/isolation & purification
*Foreskin
Humans
Malassezia/*isolation & purification
Male
Middle Aged
Staphylococcus aureus/isolation & purification
Streptococcus agalactiae/isolation & purification

Flytström, Ingela,1956Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper,Institute of Clinical Sciences(Swepub:gu)xflyin (author)
Leifsdottir, RagnaGothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper,Institute of Clinical Sciences (author)
Faergemann, Jan,1948Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper,Institute of Clinical Sciences(Swepub:gu)xfaeja (author)
Bergbrant, Ing-Marie,1956Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper,Institute of Clinical Sciences(Swepub:gu)xbingd (author)
Göteborgs universitetInstitutionen för kliniska vetenskaper (creator_code:org_t)

In:Acta dermato-venereologica: Medical Journals Sweden AB88:4, s. 331-60001-55551651-2057

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