Yeasts in Diabetic Clinically Treated Patients

Abstract

There were investigated the frequency as well the strains of candidas from the smears of faces, mouth and vaginas in clinically controlled diabetic patients. From 536 faces smears specimens there were found positive in 69 (7,88%), most of them in a range of 10-30 colonies pro smear (47% and 17,64% of positive smears specimens, but also there were present specimens with 100 and more to the 1000 colonies in 33,28%, 17,64% and 17,64% of positive specimens). The most frequent isolate was C. albicans (66,17%) and non albicans in 33,35% of positive specimens (C. lusitaniae, C. kefyr, C. tropicalis, C. parapsilosis and G. candidum). From the 676 specimens from the mouth there were found positive 37,85% of the specimens and the most frequent isolation was in the group of 10 colonies pro smear (36,42%) and less frequent in the group with to 30 and 100 colonies (25,25% and 24,70%). More than 100 to 1000 colonies werc isolated in 15,70% of the specimens.

Isolated yeasts were represented by C. albicans (86,73%) and non albicans by C. tropicalis, C. lusitaniae, C. kefyr, C. glabrata, C. parapsilosis and C. candidum.

From the vaginal smears (518 specimens) candidas were isolated in 25,72% of the specimens and the frequency of 30 and 100 colonies ranged from 16,98% and 20,25%. More than 100 to 1000 colonies were isolated in 28,30% of vaginal smears.C.albicans was represented in vaginal smears with 77,72% of isolates, and non C. albicans strains with 27,35% (C. tropicalis, C. glabrata, C. parapsilosis and C. famata).

Authors discuses these results in respect to the influence of diabetic status and the relevance of finding of commensalism versus infection.