TABLE 2.

Oral Candida infection and/or carriage in patients receiving radiation for head and neck cancer

Status and organism(s)	No. positive/total (% positive)
	Patients	Patient visits
Infection
Total	8/30 (27)	9/185 (5)
C. albicans only	6/8 (75)	7/9 (78)
C. albicans and non-C. albicans	1/8 (13)	1/9 (11)
Non-C. albicans only	1/8 (13)	1/9 (11)
Carriage
Total	22/30 (73)	95/185 (51)
C. albicans only	9/22 (41)	46/95 (48)
C. albicans and non-C. albicans	6/22 (27)	15/95 (16)
Non-C. albicans only	7/22 (32)	34/95 (36)