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The oral carriage of yeasts and eoliforms in a healthy adult population and a group of patients with malignancies, undergoing cytotoxic therapy was investigated. A quantitative increase in the intra-oral carriage of Candida species and coliforms was observed during cytotoxic therapy. The most frequent yeast and the coliform isolated were Candida albicans and Escherichia coli, respectively. Thus, the oral Ciivity may constitute a reservoir of potentially pathogenie flora in patients on cytotoxic therapy.

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