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Study on Candida spp. infection oral thrush and bacteria accompanied it from children

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Baghdad Science Journal

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

baghdad science journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.167

H-Index - 6

eISSN - 2411-7986

pISSN - 2078-8665

DOI - 10.21123/bsj.4.2.201-207

Subject(s) - thrush , candida albicans , medicine , bacteria , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , genetics , cervical cancer , cancer , human papilloma virus

Oral swab samples were collected from 120 children (ages between one month- 10 years) who were infected with oral thrush and 30 healthy children. The percentages of isolated yeasts and Bacteria were 66.6% and 96.6% respectively. The dominate yeast and bacteria were Candida albicans and Staphylococcus aureus with of 78.7% and 34.4% respectively. Results revealed that the highest percent of infection with oral thrush disease was 32.5% in children within the age of 1-2 months.

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