title: Oral candidiasis established in the sialoadenectomised rat.
abstract: Xerostomia provoked in rats by surgical removal of the major salivary glands favoured the development of oral candidiasis. After 32 weeks of inoculation, 20% of normal and 70% of xerostomic rats showed candidal infection on the tongue but only in xerostomic rats did candidiasis affect the pharyngeal aspect of the tongue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Pathology, Faculty of Dentistry, Piracicaba-SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: A O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Jorge
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Totti
authors.forename: O P
authors.initials: OP
authors.lastname: de Almeida
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Scully
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002180:Candidiasis, Oral / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery; D014060:Tongue Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D014987:Xerostomia / Q000150:complications*