Table 2. Detection rate of oral fungal species.

Fungal species	POC (n = 27)		Controls (n = 66)		P-value
Candida albicans	27	100.0%	66	100.0%	1.000
Candida dubliniensis	23	85.2%	41	62.1%	0.047*
Candida tropicalis	18	66.7%	51	77.3%	0.306
Trichosporon cutaneum	17	63.0%	32	48.5%	0.255
Exophiala equina	15	55.6%	55	83.3%	0.008*
Meyerozyma guilliermondii	12	44.4%	32	48.5%	0.820
Ascomycota sp	11	40.7%	17	25.8%	0.806
Penicillium chermesinum	11	40.7%	14	21.2%	0.072
Candida parapsilosis	9	33.3%	9	13.6%	0.042*
Cladosporium halotolerans	8	29.6%	39	59.1%	0.012*
Malassezia restricta	7	25.9%	31	47.0%	0.068
Wallemia sebi	7	25.9%	6	9.1%	0.048*
Candida krusei	6	22.2%	0	0.0%	0.001*
Rhodosporidium fluviale	6	22.2%	10	15.2%	0.545
Rhodotorula mucilaginosa	5	18.5%	10	15.2%	0.759
Agaricomycetes sp	4	14.8%	31	47.0%	0.004*
Eurotiales sp	4	14.8%	6	9.1%	0.469
Malassezia sp	4	14.8%	5	7.6%	0.439
Rhodosporidium babjevae	4	14.8%	1	1.5%	0.024*
Alternaria alternata	3	11.1%	5	7.6%	0.687
Antrodiella micra	3	11.1%	0	0.0%	0.023*
Aspergillus penicillioides	3	11.1%	3	4.5%	0.352
Aspergillus sp	3	11.1%	17	25.8%	0.166
Basidiomycota sp	3	11.1%	2	3.0%	0.145
Cladosporium sphaerospermum	3	11.1%	0	0.0%	0.023*
Sporidiobolales sp	3	11.1%	0	0.0%	0.023*
Aspergillus_amstelodami	2	7.4%	0	0.0%	0.082
Aspergillus vitricola	2	7.4%	0	0.0%	0.082
Aureobasidium pullulans	2	7.4%	2	3.0%	0.577
Cryptococcus_diffluens	2	7.4%	6	9.1%	1.000
Cryptococcus_magnus	2	7.4%	8	12.1%	0.718
Debaryomyces_nepalensis	2	7.4%	1	1.5%	0.201
Fomitopsis_sp	2	7.4%	0	0.0%	0.082
Herpotrichiellaceae_sp	2	7.4%	3	4.5%	0.626
Peniophora_incarnata	2	7.4%	0	0.0%	0.082
Polyporaceae sp	2	7.4%	5	7.6%	1.000

Only those with ≥5% of detection rate in patients with POC are listed.

*P < 0.05 (Fisher’s exact test and Yate’s correction).