Ahmad Fakhri
1, Mojgan Navid
2, Zahra Seifi
2, Ali Zarei Mahmoudabadi
2,3*1 Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
2 Department of Medical Mycology, School of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
3 Health Research Institute, Infectious and Tropical Diseases Research Centre, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
*Corresponding Author: *Corresponding author: Prof. Ali Zarei Mahmoudabadi, Department of Medical Mycology, School of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran. , Email:
zarei40@hotmail.com
Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education:
Our results shows that, the only long stay in hospital could not affect the prevalence candiduria in patients and other factors are need. In addition using anti depression drugs might be decrease the presence of Candida species in urinary tract.
Please cite this paper as: : Fakhri A, Navid M, Seifi Z, Zarei Mahmoudabadi A. The frequency of candiduria in hospitalized patients with depressive syndrome. J Renal Inj Prev 2014; 3(4): 97-98. DOI: 10.12861/jrip.2014.27