“…Immunocompromised hosts represent a significant and appropriate patient population to model, as these patients frequently suffer from infections and diseases of the oral mucosa and bloodstream that involve C. albicans and S. aureus (Bassetti et al, 2012;Delorenze et al, 2013;Dongari-Bagtzoglou et al, 2009;Marukutira et al, 2014;Olczak-Kowalczyk et al, 2012;Stammler Jaliff et al, 2014;Yehia et al, 2011). Additionally, a recent pair of studies found that among HIV positive individuals, S. aureus could be isolated from the oral cavity of 92 % of individuals while C. albicans was isolated from 73 % of the study subjects (Back-Brito et al, 2009, 2011, suggesting our model is highly relevant clinically.…”