%0 Journal Article %T Prevalence of Candida in saliva and skin lesions of Psoriasis Vulgaris patients %J Journal of Mycology Research %I University of Tehran %Z 2383-3181 %A Pezeshkpoor, Fakhrozaman %A Yazdanpanah, Mohammad Javad %A Family, SororZaman %A Sepahi, Sona %A Moghaddas, Elham %A Shamsian, Aliakbar %D 2015 %\ 03/01/2015 %V 2 %N 1 %P 9-14 %! Prevalence of Candida in saliva and skin lesions of Psoriasis Vulgaris patients %K Candida %K psoriasis vulgaris %K saliva %K Skin %R %X Knowledge is of great importance; therefore it is very crucial to use an antifungal agent asadditional treatment for psoriasis in patients. This study was designed to evaluate thepresence of Candida albicans and other species of Candida in the saliva and skin of 50psoriatic patients. The result of this study was compared to the control group of 50healthy people. This research study was carried out from July 2011 to July 2012 on fifty(50) psoriatic cases. Demographic information such as age, sex, psoriasis duration,involved areas and severity of involvement, family history, possible past diseases, anddrug history were collected. Quantitative evaluation was carried out on the saliva and skinculture of both healthy (control) and psoriatic patient to diagnose candida. Candidaalbicans was found in 34% of the saliva of patients with psoriasis and only 2% was foundin the control group which was statistically significant (P<0.05). Smear and culture ofCandida in the saliva of patients with psoriasis was 46% and 18% in the control group,statistically significant at P<0.05. From the quantitative evaluation, among the 46% ofpsoriatic patients and 18% of control group with candida, 28% and 2% were severe,respectively. The severity of candida between case and control groups was statisticallysignificant (P<0.05). Oral Candidiasis can be observed more commonly in Psoriaticpatients compared to normal ones. %U https://jmr.ut.ac.ir/article_54154_5592f4069fa80527fde6f07710243255.pdf