ORAL CARRIAGE OF CANDIDA IN HEALTHY AND HIV-SEROPOSITIVE PERSONS

Authors
HAUMAN CHJ THOMPSON IOC THEUNISSEN F WOLFAARDT P
Citation
Chj. Hauman et al., ORAL CARRIAGE OF CANDIDA IN HEALTHY AND HIV-SEROPOSITIVE PERSONS, Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, 76(5), 1993, pp. 570-572
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Pathology,Surgery,"Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00304220
Volume
76
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
570 - 572
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4220(1993)76:5<570:OCOCIH>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
The prevalence of oral colonization with Candida species was studied i n 28 HIV-seropositive and 28 healthy persons. Candida was cultured fro m 75% and 68% of HIV-positive and control persons, respectively, with a significantly higher density carriage in the HIV-seropositive group. Positive smears were seen in 39% of all patients. Candida albicans wa s the most frequently isolated species with Biotype 1 accounting for 5 6% of the isolates. Resistance to antifungal agents was seen in Candid a strains isolated from both groups.