Table 5.

The oral nystatin treatment period required for the patient to feel much improvement or entirely improvement (defined as the global perceived effects (GPE) score ≥4 points).

Treatment periods (weeks)	Candida culture (+) (n = 13)		Candida culture (−) (n = 16)
	GPE = 4	GPE = 5	GPE = 4	GPE = 5
1	10	0	9	2
2	11	0	12	2
3	11	1	14	2
4	12	1

Abbreviations: “+”, presence of Candida; “−”, absence of Candida.