Abstract:
A total of 1,000 healthy school children (500 males and 500 females) from 3 primary schools in Onitsha urban area of Anambra State, Nigeria were sampled for the occurrence of oral thrush yeasts using Sabouraud Dextrose Agar (SDA). The children were aged between 6-13 years. Out of the 1,000 school children sampled, 309 (39.0%) were found to be positive. Further examination of the positive cases showed that Candida albicans occurred as 257 total positive samples; C. stellatoides as 18 positive samples; C. parapsilosis as 19. Other species of Candida occurred as 15 positive samples. The occurrence of the oral thrush yeasts within the age brackets of the children were as follows: 6-7 years, 106 positive cases (42.4%); 8-9 years, 83 positive cases (33.3%); 10-11 years, 66 positive cases (26.4%) and 12-13 years, 84 positive cases. The results showed that the infection occurred more in younger children than in older children. There was a significant difference between the occurrence of the thrush yeasts in younger and in older children (p
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177-180
DOI:
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Published:
Journal: Journal of Medical Science, Volume: 5, Issue: 3, Year: 2005