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.