Oral carriage rate of candida species in diabetic patients

الملخص EN

Background : It is well known that oral carriage of Candida species increase in many situations, like obesity, debility, leukemia, viral infection, use of certain drugs in addition to diabetes mellitus.

Objective : find the relation between diabetes and its control on oral carriage of Candida.

Methods : Thirty four hundred oral swabs from diabetic patients 67 % are females and 33 % are males, 41.

7 % are type 1 diabetes and 58.

3 % are type 2.different culture media are used.

Results : we found that 37.

9 % of diabetics had oral carriage, older age group had more but the difference is not significant statistically P > 0.

05, in addition females carry more Candida than males P < 0.

05, while type of diabetes had no effect on oral carriage we found that control of diabetes had significant effect P < 0.

01.

Conclusion : There is high carriage rate of Candida species in oral cavity of diabetic patients 37.

9 %, the rate of carriage increase in females and those with poor control.

Candida albicans is the most common type with all the associated factors.