Candida albicans is a common fungus found living in, and on, many parts of the human body. Usually this species causes no harm to humans unless it can breach the body’s immune defenses, where can lead ...

Oral thrush is a fungal infection of the mouth caused by infection with the fungus Candida albicans. Oral thrush can affect anyone, but those at particular risk include the elderly, those with ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract To comprehensively assess the in vivo expression of Candida albicans hydrolytic enzyme genes during oropharyngeal candidiasis (OPC), a ...

Candida albicans, a pathogenic fungus, has recently been acknowledged for its involvement in the development of severe early childhood caries (S-ECC). The initiation of C. albicans oral colonization ...

Oropharyngeal candidiasis is a frequent cause of morbidity in patients with defects in cell-mediated immunity or saliva production. Animal models of this infection are important for studying disease ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Candida do not grow well in unsterilized saliva, but do grow in sterile saliva. The inhibition of fungal growth in unsterilized saliva is due ...

MANY people freak out when diagnosed with oral candidiasis because they link it to a sexually transmitted infection. But Dr. Kenneth Ocen, a senior consultant dermatologist and physician at the ...

Coating toothbrush bristles with chlorhexidine appears to reduce concentrations of some harmful oral bacteria more than coating them with silver nanoparticles. A study presented at the International ...