Intraoral Candida in Thai Diabetes Patients
TITIKAN FONGSMUT, D.D.S. Grad. Dip. In Clinical Science (Oral Medicine)*, CHAICHARN DEEROCHANA WONG, M.D.**, WORALUCK PRACHYABRUED, D.D.S., M.S.***
Affiliation : * Department of Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, ** Department of Internal Medicine, Rajavithi Hospital, Bangkok 10400, *** Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the oral candida] prevalence and identify the
candida] species in iifty four diabetes and sixty two healthy, non smoking and non denture
wearing subjects. The modified imprint culture technique was used for candida] isolation. It
was found that the prevalence of oral candida was significantly higher in diabetics (P Keywords :
