Abstract

Oral swabs from 50 patients in various age groups (1 to 60 months) and both sexes were collected, along with 40 control samples. They were gathered from Samawa Pediatric Teaching Hospital patients who had oral thrush between the years of 2023 and 2024. Yeast isolates were isolated and diagnosed using techniques based on their morphological, cultural, and biochemical traits. Additionally, differentiating between different species of Candida was done using the CHRO Magar Candida confirmation medium. The phenotypic data demonstrated that 70% of Candida albicans was isolated from other fungi. Candida tropicalis, Candida glabrata, and Candida krusei were seen, although lower amounts of other species, like Candida albicans, were isolated. Testing for chlamydia spore development revealed both.