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Mixed salivary glucose levels and candidal carriage in patients with diabetes mellitus
Author(s) -
Darwazeh A. M. G.,
MacFarlane T. W.,
McCuish A.,
Lamey P.J.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of oral pathology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.887
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1600-0714
pISSN - 0904-2512
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0714.1991.tb00928.x
Subject(s) - saliva , diabetes mellitus , medicine , carriage , endocrinology , gastroenterology , pathology
The glucose concentration in unstimulated mixed saliva and serum was assayed and correlated with oral candidal colonization in 41 diabetics and 34 healthy control subjects. In diabetic patients, salivary glucose concentration was significantly higher than in the controls and was directly related to blood glucose concentration. Although the difference in the frequency and quantity of oral candidal isolation failed to reach significance between the two groups, diabetic patients who carried Candida intraorally had significantly higher salivary glucose concentrations than those in whom Candida could not be isolated.