Despite therapeutic progress, opportunistic oral fungal infectious diseases have increased in prevalence, especially in denture wearers. The combination of entrapment of yeast cells in irregularities in denture-base and denture-relining materials, poor oral hygiene and several systemic factors is the most probable cause for the onset of this infectious disease. Hence colonization and growth on ...

background and aims. it is believed that adherence of candida albicans to oral surfaces is a critical event in the colonization and development of oral diseases such as candida-associated denture stomatitis. although there is considerable information about the adherence of candida albicans to buccal epithelial cells and prosthetic materials, there is very little information available about the ...

yeast has been a very helpful organism for centuries, especially with respect to fermentation of sugars and production of bread. however, for an even longer time, yeast has been a distant relative of humans having diverged from a common ancestor, about one billion years ago. more than one third of the yeast genes have human counterparts, despite this evolutionary distance. yeast and human ortho...

background and aims. helicobacter pylori is a microaerophilic gram-negative spiral organism. it is recognized as the etiologic factor for peptic ulcers, gastric adenocarcinoma and gastric lymphoma. recently, it has been isolated from dental plaque and the dorsum of the tongue. this study was designed to assess the association between h. pylori and oral lesions such as ulcerative/inflammatory le...

The yeast Candida albicans is an oral commensal microorganism, occurring in the oral cavity of 50-70% of healthy individuals. Its effect on oral ecology has mostly been studied using dual-species models, which disregards the complex nature of oral biofilms. The aim of this study was to culture C. albicans in a complex model to study its effect on oral biofilms. Biofilms, inoculated using pooled...

Candida parapsilosis is considered to be a complex of three species due to genetic heterogeneity. Currently, it is the second most isolated yeast in bloodstream infections and oral cavity sites with C. parapsilosis sensu stricto and C. metapsilosis being the species mostly recovered from oral niches in both healthy and immunecompromised patients respectively. Disparity in antifungal susceptibil...