Isolation of Candida Spp. from Patients with Different Types of
Leukemia Who Suffered Oral Candidiasis Due to Their Weekend
Immune System
Leukemia
immunocompromised patients
Candida
oral candidiasis.
The study is concern on determine the type of Candida spp.in leukemia patients that were infected with oral candidiasis as a result to their immune suppression (weekend immune system) due to their submission to radiation and chemotherapy treatment. The result showed that the most common isolates were C. guillermondii 19 which represent 31.66% of cases, then followed by C. itermedia 11 which represent 18.3%, while the less common isolates were for C. zeylamodes 3 which represent 5%.