Oral Candida carriage of patients attending a dental clinic in Braga, Portugal

Abstract

This study shows a high Candida carriage rate among this population, thus pointing to the relevance of an accurate diagnostic approach in Candida species identification.

A comparative study of carrier state of Candida and its speciation in oral flora – Among healthy individuals, persons with DM and HIV sero positive individuals

“…Combination of Candida species in our study was 6% as in other studies [18][19][20]. Candida albicans was commonest in the present study (68%) like other studies [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][20][21][22][23]. Our results, in oral carriage rate of candida in healthy individuals were in agreement with other studies [3,[18][19][20][21][22][23].…”

“…Zeng X et al found 20.31% carriage rate in healthy individuals from China [24]. Margerida Martins et al from Portugal isolated candida from 54.6% from a dental clinic [6]. Present study findings correlated with Zeng X et al in the oral carriage rate of candida in healthy individuals with 24%.…”

“…Safia A. AL-Attas and Soliman O. Amro from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia observed 33.3% carriage rate in diabetics with Candida albicans in 68.9% and 14.3% in healthy individuals with Candida albicans in 40% [10]. Carriage rate in diabetics in our study (44%) was a little higher than in some studies [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][18][19][20][21][22][23]. Combination of Candida species in our study was 6% as in other studies [18][19][20].…”

“…Candida is one of the most common opportunistic fungi in HIV/AIDS cases [9]. Infections with Candida albicans appear when CD4 is below 500-200/cumm and may be the first indication of immunodeffieciency [5][6][7]. Today's concern about candiasisis is emergence of fluconazole resistant Candida albicans in AIDS patients with recurrent attacks of oral thrush and less susceptibility of Candida krusei and Candida glabrata to fluconazole [13][14][15].…”

“…The factors predispose people to candidiasis include AIDS, burns, pregnancy, high fruit diet, steroids, antibiotic treatment, immunosuppressants, cancer treatment, heart surgery, diabetes mellitus and use of catheter [2]. The frequent occurrence of candida infections in patients with DM has been recognized for many years and oral candidiasis in particular is thought to be more prevalent among these individuals [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]. With introduction of antifungal agents, the cause of candida infection shifted from Candida albicans to Candida glabrata and other non albicans species, as Candida glabrata and Candida krusei develop resistance to fluconazole [1,5].…”