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Table 1 Prevalence of oral yeast carriage in OSCC patients and healthy controls

From: Analysis of oral yeast microflora in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma

Oral yeast carriage

Positive, N (%)

Negative, N (%)

Control patients (n = 40)

 Original sample

3 (7.5)

37 (92.5)

 Subculture

12 (30)

28 (70)

OSCC patients (n = 20)

 Original sample

10 (50)

10 (50)

 Subculture

18 (90)

2 (10)