Candida bucal en niños mexicanos con VIH/sida, desnutrición o marginación social

Abstract

The children with HIV/AIDS and malnutrition require strategies designed to reduce oral candidal colonization and reduce the risk of opportunistic infections.

Prevalence of Candida yeasts in oral samples from children with AIDS and children exposed and not exposed to HIV served by SUS in the state of Bahia, Brazil

“…Candida parapsilosis was the second most common species in the group exposed to HIV (23.07%), the third most common in the group not exposed to HIV, and was not found in samples from children with AIDS. Candida tropicalis was isolated from samples of the three groups but its prevalence was small (2.2% in the group not exposed to HIV, 5.12% in the group exposed to HIV, and 4.65% in the group with AIDS) compared with Candida albicans, C.famata, and oral colonization with pathogens that impact the overall health status of vulnerable populations, including HIVpositive children and children with AIDS 7,9 . Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of Candida albicans and non-albicans yeasts isolated from oral samples of children with AIDS and from children exposed and not exposed to HIV during pregnancy and treated through the public healthcare system in a city located in the interior of Bahia, Brazil.…”

“…are due to immunosuppression with the involvement of CD4+T lymphocytes and increased viral load as disease progresses [7][8] . Oral candidiasis is strongly indicative of the development of AIDS and may present clinical features of the pseudomembranous or erythematous forms, or their combination thereof 4,[8][9][10] . According to Domaneschi et al 4 , oral candidiasis is the most frequently observed opportunistic infection in HIV-infected children and its prevalence ranges between 20% and 72%.…”

“…The presence of this fungal species in the mouth does not necessarily imply candidiasis but underscores the importance of clinical care to avoid opportunistic infections [9][10] . This species is highly versatile, adapts to different conditions, and finds appropriate conditions for growth in the mucosal tissues of patients with low quality diet, poor oral hygiene, and multiple cavities [11][12] .…”

Factors associated with time free of oral candidiasis in children living with HIV/AIDS, São Paulo, Brazil

“…In the present study, the time patients were free of oral candidiasis was significantly shorter among malnourished children. Previous studies have also found malnutrition to be a systemic risk factor for the development of oral candidiasis 38,39 .…”

Influencia de la aparatología ortodóntica sobre la ocurrencia de Candida spp. en la cavidad oral

“…Por el contrario, concuerda con lo reportado por Gaitán-Cepeda y cols. 28 . Candida albicans fue la especie más frecuente entre los pacientes, previo al inicio de tratamiento, siendo 55,5% del total de los cultivos positivos a Candida, seguida de C. tropicalis (22,2%), similar a lo reportado en otros estudios 24,26,27,29 .…”