DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2016.v04i07.086

Pages: 2714-2717

The common occurrence of fungal infections like Candida infections in patients with diabetes mellitus has been recognized and oral candidiasis in particular is thought to be prevalent among these individuals. The present study was done to Study of prevalence of candida infections of oral cavity in diabetes patients. Seventy-nine diabetic subjects and 60 age and sex matched non-diabetic subjects participated in the present study. The study was done at SMBT medical college and hospital, Ghoti, Nasik, Maharashtra. Out of 79 diabetic subjects 40 were type 1 and 39 were type 2 diabetics. Detailed case history was taken of each participant. The growth of Candida was observed by the smooth, white or creamy colored buttery colonies. After 48 hours of incubation, the number of candida colonies on each plate was enumerated and the number of CFU per ml. of oral rinse derived by using the formula. Statistical analysis was performed with the help of ISM SPSS statistics version 20 using student’s t test. Among 60 non-diabetic participants, 38 were males and 22 were female participants. out of 60, only 19 (31.66%) had showed positive oral candida carriage and 68.34 % did not shown oral candida carriage. On comparison of the colony forming unit scores of the males and females participants among the non-diabetics, it was found that males were showing higher CFU scores as compared to females. Similarly, on comparison of the CFU scores of the males and females of the diabetic patients, CFU score was higher among the males as compared to females. It was also found that the diabetics were showing higher percentage of colony forming unit (CFU) scores as compared to non-diabetics. In present study, it was found that the diabetics were showing higher percentage of colony forming unit (CFU) scores as compared to non-diabetics and the scores were slightly higher among the males as compared to females.