Quantitative relationships between Candida albicans in saliva and the clinical status of human subjects.
Patients with candidiasis had greater than 400 colony-forming units per ml of saliva, whereas carriers of Candida albicans had less than 400 colony-forming units per ml. Thus, quantitative cultures of saliva may aid in the diagnosis of oral candidiasis.
D002176:Candida albicans / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002180:Candidiasis, Oral / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D002353:Carrier State / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D012463:Saliva / Q000382:microbiology*