An assessment of candidal colonization and species differentiation in @entity135 XXXX receiving radiation.

@entity1 @entity135 @entity9841 @entity5 @entity7408 @entity7409 @entity5132
BACKGROUND: Oral colonization with Candida species has been observed in upto 93% of @entity1 receiving radiation for @entity135 . With immunosuppression there is a trend of emergence of rare species. The present study aimed to assess species and colonization of candida at different stages of radiation therapy for @entity135 . METHODS: Oral rinses of thirty @entity5 @entity1 receiving a six weeks course of radiation therapy for @entity135 were taken at two intervals; first at the start of radiation (0 Grays), and second at completion of radiation (60 Grays). The oral rinse was streaked onto a differential media (CHROMagar  ) plates and incubated at 37  C for 48 hours. Colony forming units (CFU) were counted and species were differentiated. Fifteen healthy controls were compared. RESULTS: The @entity5132 colony count (CFU/ml) at baseline, 0 Grays radiation ranged from 50 to 1820 CFU/ml in cases and from 0 to 300 CFU/ml in controls. @entity5132 was seen in all cases (100%) and most of the controls (86.66%). Other species such as C. Krusei, @entity7409 , @entity9841 , and @entity7408 were observed with a frequency of 10%, 6.66%, 3.33%, and 3.33% respectively in the cases. However, no species other than @entity5132 was observed in controls. CONCLUSIONS: Immunosupression of radiation therapy @entity1 led to the development of species other than @entity5132 , which is the most prevalent species. Thus it can be inferred that there is emergence of the opportunistic fungal pathogens in @entity1 with immunosupression.
