The ITS-1 and ITS-2 regions of Candida spp. were amplified using universal primers; ITS-1(50-TCC GTA GGT GAA CCT GCG G-30) and ITS-4 (50-TCC TCC GCT TAT TGA TAT GC-30).16,17 The amplification was performed in Biometra T 3000 Thermal cycler as previously published18 with modifications in the concentration of each primer (50 pmol/reaction) and DNA template (5 lL extracted DNA/reaction),
in addition to change the annealing temperature (53 C).Amplified PCR products were run on 2% agarose gel electrophoresisand visualized by UV transilluminator (BiometraTi3).