TABLE 1.

Clinical samples and Candida isolates examined in this study

Source	No. of samples	No. of GTPa strains from clinical samples	No. of strains from culture collections	Total no. of GTP strains	No. of strains of other Candida species
Oral	121	76	13	89	45
Feces	31	23	4	27	8
Vagina	162	136	27	163	26
Urine	19	10	0	10	9
Blood	16	9	1	10	7
Gastric fluid	29	21	5	26	8
Drainage fluid	67	35	2	37	32
Skin lesion	53	14	0	14	39
Total	498	324	52	376	174

^aGTP, germ tube positive.