Table 1 Distribution of oral yeast isolates among HIV-infected patients with primary and recurrent oropharyngeal candidiasis
Species | Patients with primary OPC | Patients with recurrent OPC | All patients with primary and recurrent OPC | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | |
Candida albicans | 141 | (47.6) | 109 | (36.9) | 250 | (84.5) |
Candida glabrata | 8 | (2.7) | 12 | (4.1) | 20 | (6.8) |
Candida krusei | 4 | (1.35) | 6 | (2.05) | 10 | (3.4) |
Candida tropicalis | 6 | (2.02) | 2 | (0.68) | 8 | (2.7) |
Candida kefyr | 3 | (1) | - | - | 3 | (1) |
Saccharomyces cerevisiae | 2 | (0.68) | 1 | (0.3) | 3 | (1) |
Candida pintolopesii | - | - | 1 | (0.3) | 1 | (0.3) |
Candida dubliniensis | 1 | (0.3) | - | - | 1 | (0.3) |
Total of all isolates | 165 | (55.7) | 131 | (44.3) | 296 | (100) |