“…10,11,12 The presence of oral candidiasis in HIV-infected and AIDS patients was associated with a number factors including low CD4 counts, increased viral load, xerostomia, age and Secretory aspartyl proteinase (Sap), extracellular hydrolytic enzyme was product by Candida. 7,10,13,14 Oral candidiasis occurs more frequently in HIVinfected patients with low CD4 counts. Imam et al found a statistically significant increase in the frequency of HIVrelated oral candidiaisis in patients with CD4 counts of less than 300 cells/mm 3 .…”