title: Identification of oral yeast species isolated from individuals with diabetes mellitus.
abstract: In our epidemiological study of 439 patients with diabetes mellitus, the proportion of Candida albicans isolated by the oral rinse technique was 67%. A comparison of the conventional germ tube test with the API 20C Auxanogram kit revealed that 23.6% (129/546) of germ tube-positive species were not identified as C. albicans by the kit. The API 20C Auxanogram therefore underestimated the prevalence of C. albicans. Additionally, a significant number of yeasts (138/1050, 13.1%) isolated from these patients could not be reliably identified by the kit.
mesh_terms: D002175:Candida / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D009055:Mouth / Q000382:microbiology*; D012248:Rhodotorula / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000302:isolation & purification*