candida albicans의 빠르고 정확한 고정을 목적으로 형광항체법을 이용하여 다음과 같은 결 론을 얻었다. 1. 배양방법에 의한 candida albicans의 고정예는 총 218예중 48예(22.0%)이었으며 형광항체 법에 의한 방법과의 일치율은 97.9%이었다. 2. 임산부 147예를 대상으로 형광항체법으로 candida albicans라고 고정된 예는 28예로서 9.0%이었다. 3. 유흥업소 종업원 71례를 대상으로 한 실험에서 양성인 예는 21예로서 29.5%이었다. 4. 형광항체법은 사용이 가능한 방법 중의 하나이다.

One hundred forty seven vaginal swab specimens from out-patients who had come to severance Hospital for antenatal care and 71 from general entertainer in the pulbic resorts at Kangwha-d area, were colletec for the diagnosis of candida albicans infection by employing direct fluorescent antibody technique. The results are summarized as follows; 1. Forty eight cases our of 218 sample (22.0%) cultivated on Sabouraud`s glucose slant media were identified as candida albicans and agreement rate between positive cases detected by cultivation method and DFAT was 97.9%. 2. Out of 147 specimens obtained from the out-patients 28 cases (19.0%) were revealed as positive reaction by DFAT. 3. 21 positive cases out of 71 general entertainers (29.5%) were detected by DFAT. 4. As in above results it is considered that DFAT is an available tool for the diagnosis of candida albicans infection especially in mass survey.