Table 2.
Candida species and cell densities recovered from patients with periodontitisa
| Patient |
Candida species recovered from sample type |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oral rinse samples (CFU/ml) | Paper point samples (CFU/sample) |
Curette samples (CFU/sample) |
|||||
| Healthy subgingival site | Periodontitis site 1 | Periodontitis site 2 | Healthy subgingival site | Periodontitis site 1 | Periodontitis site 2 | ||
| 1 | C. albicans (80), C. dubliniensis (10) | NCI (0) | C. albicans (1,240), C. dubliniensis (170) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) |
| 2 | C. dubliniensis (8,000) | No healthy sites available | C. albicans (8,000) | C. albicans (160) | No healthy sites available | C. albicans (30,000), C. kefyr (1,200) | C. albicans (10) |
| 3 | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) |
| 4 | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) |
| 5 | C. albicans (310), C. dubliniensis (80) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | C. albicans (20,000) | NCI (0) | C. albicans (10) | C. albicans (680) |
| 6 | C. albicans (80), C. dubliniensis (110) | NCI (0) | Not tested | Not tested | NCI (0) | C. albicans (1,300) | C. albicans (1,000) |
| 7 | C. albicans (2,660) | Not tested | Not tested | Not tested | NCI (0) | C. albicans (280) | C. albicans (230) |
| 8 | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) |
| 9 | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) |
| 10 | C. albicans (550) | NCI (0) | C. albicans (283) | C. albicans (1,090) | NCI (0) | C. albicans (1,240) | Not tested |
| 11 | C. albicans (730) | No healthy sites available | C. albicans (10) | C. parapsilosis (4,600) | No healthy sites available | NCI (0) | NCI (0) |
| 12 | C. albicans (1,210) | NCI (0) | C. albicans (10) | C. albicans (4,520), C. dubliniensis (150) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | C. albicans (570), C. dubliniensis (570) |
| 13 | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) |
| 14 | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) |
| 15 | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) |
| 16 | C. albicans (780) | C. albicans (40,000) | C. albicans (2,680) | NCI (0) | C. albicans (20,000) | C. albicans (2,970) | C. albicans (1,090) |
| 17 | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) |
| 18 | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) |
| 19 | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) |
| 20 | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) | NCI (0) |
| 21 | C. albicans (760) | NCI (0) | C. albicans (1,900) | C. albicans (6,020) | NCI (0) | C. albicans (710) | C. albicans (490) |
a
NCI, no Candida spp. isolated.