Candida spp. occurrence in oral cavities of breastfeeding infants and in their mothers' mouths and breasts

Abstract

AB STRACT:This study aimed to de ter mine the oc cur rence of Candida spp. in the oral cav ity of pre dom i nantly breast fed in fants and in their moth ers' mouths and breasts, as well as in the oral cav ity of bottlefed in fants and in non-lac tat ing women. One hun dred and sixty nine women and eighty-five milk-fed in fants took part in this study and were di vided into four groups: 1) in fants pre dom i nantly on breast feed ing (n = 55) and their moth ers (n = 55); 2) in fants on bottlefeeding (n = 30); 3) non-lac tat ing women on whom oral col lec tions were per formed (n = 80) and, 4) non-lac tat ing women on whom breast col lec tions were per formed (n = 34). Oral and mam mary swabs were cul tured on Sabouraud agar dex trose with chloramphenicol. The Candida yeast strains found were iso lated and iden ti fied through mor pho logi cal and bio chem i cal tests. Candida spe cies were much less fre quent in in fants who were pre dom i nantly breast fed than in those who were bottlefed. Yeasts were much more fre quent on the breasts of lac tat ing women, with sta tis ti cal dif fer ence in re la tion to the con trol group. DESCRIPTORS:Candida; Candida albicans; Candidiasis; Candidiasis, oral; Breast dis eases; Breast feed ing. RESUMO:O ob je ti vo do es tu do foi ve ri fi car a pre sen ça de le ve du ras do gê ne ro Can di da na ca vi da de bu cal de lac ten tes em ale i ta men to ma ter no pre do mi nan te e nas bo cas e ma mas de suas mães, as sim como na ca vi da de bu cal de lac tentes em ale i ta men to ar ti fi ci al e em mu lhe res na au sên cia de lac ta ção. Par ti ci pa ram do es tu do 169 mu lhe res e 85 lac tentes di vi di dos em qua tro gru pos: 1) cri an ças em ale i ta men to na tu ral pre do mi nan te (n = 55) e suas mães (n = 55); 2) crian ças em ale i ta men to ar ti fi ci al (n = 30); 3) mu lhe res que não es ta vam ama men tan do, em que se re a li za ram co le tas bu ca is (n = 80) e, 4) mu lhe res em au sên cia de lac ta ção em que se re a li za ram co le tas m a má ri as (n = 34). "Swabs" bu ca is e ma má ri os, fo ram se me a dos em ágar Sa bou ra ud dex tro se com clo ran fe ni col, e as ce pas de le ve du ra iso la das fo ram iden ti fi ca das uti li zan do-se pro vas mor fo ló gi cas e bi o quí mi cas. Espé ci es de Can di da fo ram de tec ta das a par tir de um nú me ro sig ni fi ca ti va men te me nor de cri an ças em ale i ta men to na tu ral pre do mi nan te que de cri an ças em ale i ta men to ar ti fi ci al. Tam bém foi sig ni fi ca ti va a ma i or fre qüên cia des sas es pé ci es nas ma mas de nu tri zes em re la ção ao con tro le. DESCRITORES:Can di da, Can di da al bi cans; Can di día se; Can di día se bu cal; Do en ças ma má ri as; Ale i ta men to ma ter no.

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