Study of Skin and Nail Candida Species as a Normal Flora Based on Age Groups in Healthy Persons in Tehran-Iran (2016)

Skin as the largest organ of human body is significantly colonized by a variety of bacterial and fungal population [1,2]. Today the percent of opportunistic fungal infections is increasing, so when considering the role of skin as a reservoir from which infection of a susceptible host can occur, determining the fungal microbiome specially Candida is important [3]. Two of the most factors influencing the complex of inhabitants on the skin are gender [4] and age [5,6]. There are more data concerning bacterial cutaneous flora than fungal flora, and among fungal flora, Candida species may be one of the important opportunistic agents residing on the skin with the potential to create different kinds of candidiasis [7,8].