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Published on: July 1, 2020
Candida krusei colonization in patients with gastrointestinal diseases
Duong Thu Huong1, Yanan Zhao, Nguyen Thi Nguyet
1* Institute of Biotechnology, Vietnam Academy of Sciences and Technology , Viet Nam.
Abstract:
A total of 135 stomach samples from patients with gastrointestinal diseases and normal controls were examined for Helicobacter pylori infection and Candida colonization. Candida krusei was found in specimens from 20% bleeding, 52% ulcer, and 100% gastritis patients, whereas H. pylori infection rates were 82%, 35% and 30%, respectively, for the same groups of patients. C. krusei was not detected in stomach samples from normal controls.
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