title: [The genotypic profiles of Candida albicans isolates from patients with oral lichen planus].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to investigate the genotypic profiles of Candida albicans isolates from erosive oral lichen planus (OLP) and non-erosive OLP.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 112 isolates obtained from healthy control (26), erosive OLP (62) and non-erosive OLP (24) were screened for genotypic profiles by using the randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) assay.
  
  
  RESULTS
  RAPD analyses with some random primer reavealed 4 different genotypes among all isolates, and there was significant difference in genotypic constitution between every two groups. Statistically, B and D were the major types in healthy group; A and C were the major types in erosive OLP; A and D were the major types in non-erosive OLP.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Some Candida albicans isolates with special genotypic profiles may contribute to the development and progression of OLP.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Mucosal Diseases, West China School of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Qian-ming
authors.initials: QM
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Min-hai
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Nie
authors.forename: Bing-qi
authors.initials: BQ
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D002176:Candida albicans / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002180:Candidiasis, Oral / Q000382:microbiology; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D017676:Lichen Planus, Oral / Q000382:microbiology*; D019105:Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique