Year: 2006
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
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
Source: AL-Kindy College Medical Journal
Language: English
Subfield: Infectious Diseases
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2561962249