Prevalence and Possible Role of Candida Species in Patients with Psoriasis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Characteristics of studies included in the meta-analysis.

Authors	Material	Age group	Study subjects ()		Positive subjects ( (%))
			Patients	Controls	Patients	Controls
Buslau et al. (1990)	Stool	Unspecified	343	50	233 (68%)	27 (54%)
Waldman et al. (2001a)	Saliva	Children and adults	50	50	39 (78%)	25 (50%)
Waldman et al. (2001b)	Stool	Children and adults	50	50	36 (72%)	23 (46%)
Flytström et al. (2003)	Axilla and groin	Adults	45	19	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Leibovici et al. (2008a)	Axilla and groin	Adults	100	100	5 (5%)	3 (3%)
Leibovici et al. (2008b)	Tongue	Adults	100	100	32 (32%)	21 (21%)
Bedair et al. (2012)	Normal oral mucosa	Adults	100	100	69 (69%)	44 (44%)
Darwazeh et al. (2012)	Oral mucosal lesions	Adults	100	100	3 (3%)	0 (0%)
Picciani et al. (2013)	Normal oral mucosa	Adults	140	140	37 (26%)	0 (0%)
Taheri Sarvtin et al. (2014a)	Normal skin	Children and adults	100	50	15 (15%)	2 (4%)
Taheri Sarvtin et al. (2014b)	Normal oral mucosa	Children and adults	100	50	60 (60%)	10 (20%)
Chularojanamontri et al. (2016)	Normal oral mucosa	Adults	60	60	18 (30%)	8 (13.3%)