CONTRIBUTION OF THE MYCOLOGY LABORATORY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF ORAL CANDIDOSIS IN IMMUNODEPRESSED PATIENTS

The authors report a series of 49 cases oral candidiasis including 20 symptomatic, listed on 100 immunocompromised patients collected at the Mohammed V Military Hospital in Rabat over 12-month period. objective this work was to define risk factors that lay foundation for fungal proliferation mouth, through early detection asymptomatic or non-asymptomatic patients. Mycological analysis laboratory based direct examination and culture Sabouraud chloramphenicol medium with without cycloheximide, then identification species by API C AUX galleries VITEK 2 compact® . prevalence 49%. mean age 54 years sex ratio M / F 1.04. contributing identified were hyposialia (p = 0.0337), corticosteroid therapy 0.025 dental removable prostheses 0.000791). Candida albicans (79%), dubliniensis (7%), ciferrii (4%), famata glabrata (4%) lusitaniae (2%). Conclusion: localization remains very frequent subjects. Their treatment involves first all search presence forms only mycological can identify variety.