TABLE 3.
Recovery of oral C. dubliniensis from Saudi Arabian and Egyptian patients
| Country and no. of patients | Underlying condition | No. (%) with oral candidiasisa | No. (%) oral Candida positive | No. (%) yielding C. dubliniensisb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabiac | ||||
| 160 | Renal transplant | 42 (26.3) | 104 (65) | 4 (2.5) |
| 132 | Diabetes | 9 (6.8) | 78 (59) | 13 (9.9) |
| 17 | HIV-infected | 0 (0) | 12 (70.6) | 0 (0) |
| Egypt | ||||
| 58 | Neoplasia | 12 (20.7) | 39 (67.2) | 4 (6.9) |
| 67 | Diabetes | 6 (8.9) | 49 (73.1) | 4 (6.0) |
| Total, 432 | 69 (16) | 282 (65.3) | 25 (5.8) |
a
Swabs from all individuals with clinical symptoms indicative of oral candidiasis yielded semiconfluent or confluent growth of Candida species.
b
Six of the 25 C. dubliniensis isolates were recovered as pure cultures, whereas the remaining 19 were isolated in mixed culture with other Candida species, predominantly C. albicans.
c
In addition to the isolates referred to above, five additional C. dubliniensis isolates, recovered from various specimens from separate Saudi Arabian individuals (SA100 to SA104 in Table 1), were included in the study, but details on whether they were isolated with other yeast species were not available.