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Non-secretor status; a predisposing factor for vaginal candidiasis.
Indian journal of physiology and pharmacology - 1 Apr 2004
Kulkarni Dayaprasad G, Venkatesh D
Abstract excerpt
A secretor is an individual who secretes blood group antigens into body fluids such as saliva, sweat, tears, semen and serum. An attempt has been made to establish the correlation between the secretor status and susceptibility to vaginal candidiasis. The secretor status was determined by haemagglutination inhibition technique. The presence of Candida albicans infection was detected by direct microscopy of the wet...
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