Research Article
Species Diversity, Antifungal Susceptibility, and Virulence Attributes of Candida Colonising the Oral Cavities of Adult Diabetic Patients
Table 1
Spectrum of yeast species isolated in the diabetic and control groups.
| | Yeast species | Group 1
(only on oral antidiabetics) | Group 2
(only on insulin) | Group 3
(on both antidiabetics and insulin) | Control Group | Number of Candida species |
| | C. albicans | 15 | 07 | 04 | 18 | 44 | | C. tropicalis | 02 | 02 | 04 | 01 | 09 | | C. krusei | 02 | 02 | 03 | — | 07 | | C. parapsilosis | 02 | 01 | 01 | 01 | 05 | | C. glabrata | — | 01 | 01 | 03 | 05 | | C. rugosa | — | 01 | — | — | 01 | | C. kefyr | — | 01 | — | — | 01 | | C. magnoliae | — | — | 01 | — | 01 | | Trichosporon asahi | — | 01 | — | — | 01 |
| | Number of isolates in each Group | 21 | 16 | 14 | 23 | TOTAL = 74 |
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