Vulvovaginal candidiasis and its impact on newborns / 中华围产医学杂志

ABSTRACT

0.05). The fungus-carrier rate of newborn skin was 16.67% (8/48) in VVC group and 37.71% (23/61) in fungus-carrier group (P0.05; in the 48 cases who had received treatment during pregnancy, there was no neonatal diseases; in the 61 cases who did not receive any treatment, the morbidity of neonatal umbilical inflammation, diaper dermatitis and thrush were 4.92% , 19.67% and 3.28%, respectively. Conclusions Vertical transmission of VVC is possible during pregnancy. Those pregnant women with VVC have a higher neonatal morbidity.