[The extent of immune response impairment vs. the prevalence and clinical form of oral candidiasis in HIV patients].
The objective of the study was a mycological and clinical evaluation of the course of oral cavity fungal infection in HIV patients in relation to the immune response impairment. The patients were examined physically (symptoms and signs) and mycologically (isolation and identification of fungi, semiquantitative evaluation their growth abundance in the cultures); the immunity status was expressed in terms of the number of CD4 lymphocytes. The most frequently isolated fungal species was Candida albicans. The decreasing immunity was conductive to more abundant fungal growth in the oral cavity as well as to more frequent occurrence of clinical manifestations of candidiasis.
Zakład Mykologii Katedry Mikrobiologii Collegium Medicum UJ w Krakowie.
Artur
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Bort
Anna B
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Macura
D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D000328:Adult; D018791:CD4 Lymphocyte Count; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002180:Candidiasis, Oral / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence