Oral carriage rate of Candida species in diabetic patients

ABSTRACT

It is well known that diabetes is one of the predisposing factors, which affect the oral carriage rate of Candida species, in this paper we try to study the size of this problem. A total of 340 oral swabs from diabetic patients [type l and 2], 67% females and 33% males taken, results show that 37.9% of those had isolates of Candida species older patients had higher carriage rate but is not significant statistically [P>0.05]. Females had higher carriage raw [P<0.0l] possibly due to hormonal difference no difference found between type 1 and 2 of diabetes [P>0.05]. Those with poor control had higher carriage rate than those with good control [P<0.01]. In this study we see that being diabetic, female, with poor control had high chance to had oral carriage of Candida especially of albicans type