Candidiasis is a yeast infection that is caused by a fungal microorganism, most often the fungus Candida albicans. Candidiasis is also known as thrush and can cause yeast infections in many areas of the body. These commonly include the mouth (oral thrush), the vagina (vaginal yeast infection, vaginal thrush) and the digestive tract (gastroenteritis) (Barnett, 2004). Infection of the mouth shows...

Candida albicans is a commensal yeast that is normally present in the oral cavity of the population. This opportunistic pathogen is frequently isolated from the human mouth but its presence in the oral cavity is not indicative of disease. Colonization of the oral cavity by Candida albicans involves the acquisition and maintenance of a stable yeast population. Micro-organisms are continually bei...

Candida albicans causes candidiasis, particularly in immunocompromised patients. Streptococcus salivarius K12 (K12) is a probiotic isolated from healthy oral cavity. The study aimed to determine the effect of on C. aggregation, biofilm formation and dimorphism. ATCC MYA-4901, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) isolate (ALC2), cancer (ALC3) were used study. All strains grown yeast peptone...

background: antimicrobial effi cacy of photodynamic therapy (pdt) depends on both the photosensitizer (ps) and laser parameters. in the present study, antimicrobial effectiveness of pdt with different concentrations of two pss was compared. materials and methods: in this study, we employed fi fty-nine 6-week-old male wistar rats. all except the negative and overall control groups were immunosup...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the incidence, anatomic localization and yeast species isolated from each clinical type of oral candidiasis. The clinical samples were obtained from 67 patients with AIDS with CD4 cell counts below 200 cells/mm(3) and hospitalized in a public hospital (Eduardo de Menezes Hospital) in the city of Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. Yeasts were isolated using C...

Oral Candida colonisation is higher in tobacco smokers as compared to non-smokers; however, it remains unknown whether smokeless tobacco chewers are susceptible to increased oral Candida colonisation. The aim was to determine the oral Candida carriage and species prevalence amongst habitual gutka-chewers and non-chewers in a cohort from Karachi, Pakistan. Forty-five gutka-chewers and 45 non-che...

Surgically treated patients with oral, head and neck cancer commonly develop mucositis during additional irradiation therapy. Oral mucosa inflammation other than irradiation is mostly caused by Candida albicans, yeast of Candida genus. This study evaluated possible connection between grades of oral mucositis and oral yeast profile in irradiated patients before, during and after irradiation. In ...

Background: The molecular interaction between ligands of commensal microbiota and host receptors, such as Toll-like receptors (TLRs), at the surface of the epithelial cells of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract plays a critical role in its homeostasis and protection. The aim of this work was to determine the usefulness of the oral administration of yeast cells or soluble yeast-derived ligands for ...

conclusions we found a marked increase in the incidence of non-albicans species (48.2%) among neutropenic patients. only a few strains failed to produce extracellular enzymes. finally, in addition to fluconazole, caspofungin can be considered as the first line treatment against candida species among neutropenic patients. results a total of 110 yeast strains isolated from urine and oral cavities...