[Incidence of yeasts isolated from the mouth and toothbrushes in Venezuela].

117 yeast strains from the mouth, and 69 from toothbrushes of 229 patients from the Hospital Universitario of Caracas (Venezuela) were studied. Candida albicans was found to be the most frequent yeast in both materials with 56.4%, and 52.1% in the mouth and toothbrushes, respectively. C. tropicalis with 16.2%, and C. parapsilosis with 7.6% followed C. albicans in the mouth. In the toothbrushes C. parapsilosis with 11.5%, and C. tropicalis with 6.0% followed C. albicans. The incidence of other yeasts was not significative. Torulopsis glabrata was not found in the material studied.