Research Article

Oral Candidiasis among Cancer Patients Attending a Tertiary Care Hospital in Chennai, South India: An Evaluation of Clinicomycological Association and Antifungal Susceptibility Pattern

Table 1

Demographic data and the distribution of patients based on cancer type.

Number

Age
 0–2020 (11.1%)
 21–4044 (24.4%)
 41–6064 (35.5%)
 61–7052 (28.8%)

Sex-wise distribution
 Male105 (58.3%)
 Female75 (41.6%)

Distribution of the patients based on the type of cancer
 Carcinoma oral cavity76 (42.2%)
 Carcinoma stomach26 (14.4%)
 Carcinoma esophagus22 (12.2%)
 Lymphoma16 (8.8%)
 Carcinoma cervix14 (7.7%)
 Chronic myeloid leukemia12 (6.6%)
 Bone tumor8 (4.4%)
 Carcinoma bladder4 (2.2%)
 Carcinoma colon2 (1.1%)