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GYNECOLOGIC: Chronic yeast infection

From: Shonuff Squatty (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:36:51 -0600 (CST)

I have had a vaginal yeast infection since September. After multiple unsuccessful treatments, both OTC and Diflucan, I had a culture taken just before Thanksgiving. The nurse practitioner who has been treating me had the lab check for candida albicans, tropicalis, parapsilosis and glabrata. All came back negative.

Soon I'm going back for a new culture. Based on my non-expert Internet research, I should at the very least have them check for candida krusei. However, I've read in a couple of places that krusei is very serious - even fatal - if it gets into the bloodstream. How likely is it for a vaginal yeast infection to end up in the bloodstream? How worried should I be?

And any suggestions about other yeast species I should have the lab look for?

Thanks.



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