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Table 1 Detection rates of Candida in elderly community dwellers (n = 266) in a post-disaster area

From: Prevalence of Candida albicans and non-albicans on the tongue dorsa of elderly people living in a post-disaster area: a cross-sectional survey

Candida spp.

Number of carriers

% of entire subjects

% of carriers of any Candida

C. albicans

142

53.4

87.7

C. glabrata

60

22.6

37.0

C. tropicalis

5

1.8

3.1

C. parapsilosis

2

0.7

1.2

C. krusei

0

0

0

Any non-albicans

63

23.7

38.9

Any Candida spp.

162

60.9

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