title: Search for correlation between symptoms and signs of changes in the oral mucosa and presence of fungi.
abstract: The aim of the present study was to determine the relationship between the symptoms and signs of oral mucosal changes and the presence of fungi. The investigation comprised 235 subjects. Fungi were detected in the oral cavities of 196 of these subjects. The fungi belonged to different species of the genus Candida. A significant correlation was found between the presence of fungi in the oral cavity and the existence of burning sensation, xerostomia, dysgeusia and non-idiopathic bleeding from the surface of the oral mucosa. A similar correlation was observed between the fungal colonization and atrophic changes, as well as reddened oral mucosa with lesions, ulceration and keratotic problems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Conservative Dentistry, Medical University of Lodź, Poland. pkurna@katedra.dofa.am.lodz.pl
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Kurnatowska
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001284:Atrophy / Q000382:microbiology; D002175:Candida / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004408:Dysgeusia / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005658:Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007972:Leukoplakia, Oral / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000382:microbiology*; D014456:Ulcer / Q000382:microbiology; D014987:Xerostomia / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology