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Oral Carriage Rate of Candida Speciesin Diabetic Patients | ||
| Al-Kindy College Medical Journal | ||
| Article 1, Volume 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-12 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Huda Hadi Al-Hasnawi; Adnan Mahran; Faris Abdul Kareem Khazal | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: It is well known that oral carriageof Candida species increase in many situations, likeobesity, debility, leukemia, viral infection, use ofcertain drugs in addition to diabetes mellitus.Objective: find the relation between diabetes andits control on oral carriage of Candida.Methods: Thirty four hundred oral swabs fromdiabetic patients 67% are females and 33% aremales, 41.7% are type 1 diabetes and 58.3% are type2.different culture media are used.Results: we found that 37.9% of diabetics had oralcarriage, older age group had more but thedifference is not significant statistically P>0.05, inaddition females carry more Candida than malesP<0.05, while type of diabetes had no effect on oralcarriage we found that control of diabetes hadsignificant effect P<0.01.Conclusion: There is high carriage rate ofCandida species in oral cavity of diabetic patients37.9%, the rate of carriage increase in females andthose with poor control. Candida albicans is the mostcommon type with all the associated factors.Key Words: Diabetes, oral carriage, Candida | ||
| Keywords | ||
| diabetes; oral carriag; canada | ||
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