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ArticleJournal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR2017

Isolation and Speciation of

Usha Sharma, Krupa Patel, Vandana Shah, Surabhi Sinha, Vishnu Pratap Singh Rathore

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Article in Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Usha SharmaSenior Lecturer, Department of Oral Pathology, K.M. Shah Dental College and Hospital, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth, Vadodara, Gujarat, India.
Krupa PatelIntern, Department of Oral Pathology, K.M. Shah Dental College and Hospital, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth, Vadodara, Gujarat, India.
Vandana ShahProfessor, Department of Oral Pathology, K.M. Shah Dental College and Hospital, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth, Vadodara, Gujarat, India.
Surabhi SinhaPostgraduate Student, Department of Oral Pathology, K.M. Shah Dental College and Hospital, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth, Vadodara, Gujarat, India.
Vishnu Pratap Singh RathoreSenior Lecturer, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, K.M. Shah Dental College and Hospital, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth, Vadodara, Gujarat, India.
KM Shah Dental College and Hospital · IN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionNewer Candida species are now becoming increasingly predominant commensal in the oral cavity.

aimAim of the study was to identify and compare different Candida species in the oral cavity of Type II diabetic individuals. MATERIALS AND

methodsThe present microbial study was carried out for the duration of three months. Sixty participants were included in the study and divided into two groups of 30 individual each. Group I consisted of patients with Type II diabetes while Group II consisted of healthy individuals without diabetes or any other systemic disease. A total of 3 ml of unstimulated whole saliva was collected from them and centrifuged at 5000 rpm for fives minutes. This pellet was plated onto CHROM agar medium plates and incubated at 37°C for at least 3-4 days. CHROM agar plates were visualized daily at 24 hours, 72 hours and followed up to seven days to check for growth. Candida speciation was done by counting the different coloured creamy colonies. Comparison of Candida spp. between two groups was done by applying the Student's t-test. A p-value<0.05 was considered as statistically significant.

resultsAll the species of Candida, namely, Candida albicans, Candida glabrata, Candida dubliniensis, Candida krusei, Candida parapsilosis except for Candida tropicalis showed a significantly higher (p<0.001) occurrence in the diabetic group compared to the healthy group. The highest identified species is C. parapsilosis, second being C. albicans in both the groups.

conclusionC. parapsilosis is now considered as one of the significant causes of Candida infection in the oral cavity. This increased virulence will affect the global burden of Candidiasis as few treatment options are available for this new pathogen.

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Agar mediumCandida parapsilosisOral cavityPrevalence

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PMID28969120
PMCPMC5620760
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