[Combined method for testing microflora in oral specimens]

The integrated procedure used in a clinical laboratory to test oral specimens for the microflora, which includes microscopic and rapid cultural studies, enhances the specificity and sensitivity of detection of fungi of the genus Candida as the used chromogenic selective nutrient medium allows C. albicans, C. glabrata, and C. tropocalis to be identified in the primary culture, without increase the time of giving the results of a test. The results of a test for the fungi may be quantitatively presented, which is of importance for the reasonable use of antifungal therapy (only when the diagnostically significant quantity of Candida exceeds) and of value for the control of the results of therapy. Semiquantitative detection of other morphological types (Leptotrichia, Borrelia, Fusobacterium, Protozoon) makes it possible to prescribe etiotropic therapy and to evaluate its efficiency.