Oral Candida spp carriers: its prevalence in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Background: Prevalence of oral candidiasis in diabetic patients is 13.7-64%. Candida albicans was the most frequently isolated species (75-86.

Prevalence of oral lesions in patients with psoriasis.

Aim: To determine the prevalence of oral lesions (OL) in patients with psoriasis, and compare these findings with the ones found in patients without this condition.

Materials And Methods: In the present observational and comparative study, we evaluated 207 patients, with and without psoriasis, attending the dermatological consulting service of a concentration hospital in Mexico City. The possible association between OL and psoriasis was analyzed through a logistic regression model; the Odds Ratio (OR) and its Confidence Interval (CI) was calculated to be 95%.