Research Article
Candida Species Prevalence Profile in HIV Seropositive Patients from a Major Tertiary Care Hospital in New Delhi, India
Table 4
Sample distribution and
Candida profile of study subjects.
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| | | Number | Percentage |
| Type of specimens collected () | Oral swabs | 120 | 34 | Sputum | 56 | 15.9 | Urine | 80 | 22.7 | Blood | 96 | 27.3 |
| | | Direct microscopy, number (%) | Culture, number ( %) |
| Different clinical specimens showing Candida isolates () | Oral swabs
| 38 (31.6) | 82 (68.3) | Sputum
| 14 (25) | 26 (46.4) | Urine
| 16 (20) | 18 (22.5) | Blood
| 0 | 2 (2.1) |
| | | Number | Percentage | 95% CI of prevalence |
| Candida species isolated () | C. albicans | 64 | 50 | 0.414, 0.585 | C. glabrata | 22 | 17.1 | 0.116, 0.246 | C. dubliniensis | 16 | 12.5 | 0.078, 0.193 | C. parapsilosis | 10 | 7.8 | 0.043, 0.137 | C. krusei | 6 | 4.6 | 0.021, 0.098 | C. tropicalis | 6 | 4.6 | 0.021, 0.098 | C. kefyr | 4 | 3.1 | 0.012, 0.077 |
| | | Number | Percentage |
| Number of Candida isolates in recruited cases () | Single isolate | 48 | 40 | Double isolate | 40 | 33.4 | No isolate | 32 | 26.7 |
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