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Table 1 Rectal swab culture results in patients with IBD and non-IBD patients in a tertiary center in Rzeszow (Southern Poland) along with cultured microorganisms (January 2017—December 2019)

From: Retrospective analysis of Clostridioides difficile and other intestinal infections in patients with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis in the tertiary hospital in Poland. POLIBD survey results

Number of rectal swabs (n)

Positive results (n/%)

Cultured microorganisms

Number

% in relation to all samples taken

% in relation to positive results

Patients with IBD

 249

20/9.8

Candida albicans

14

5.6

70.0

Candida sp. non albicans

2

0.8

10.0

Candida glabrata

2

0.8

10.0

Candida lusitaniae

1

0.4

5.0

Candida kefyr

1

0.4

5.0

Non-IBD patients

 110

5/4.54

Candida albicans

1

0.91

20.0

Candida glabrata

2

1.82

40.0

Salmonella enterica

2

1.82

40.0