title: Oral Candida isolates colonizing or infecting human immunodeficiency virus-infected and healthy persons in Mexico.
abstract: Oral yeast carriage was studied in 312 Mexican subjects. Candida albicans was the most frequent species, but other Candida spp. were isolated from 16.5 to 38.5% of patients. Colonization did not correlate with CD4+ number or viral load, but highly active antiretroviral therapy reduced the frequency of candidiasis. Most isolates were susceptible to fluconazole, but 10.8% were resistant to one or more azoles.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Micología Médica, Departamento de Inmunología, Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Medicina y Odontología, Universidad del País Vasco-Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Bilbao, Spain.
authors.forename: Luis Octavio
authors.initials: LO
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Vargas
authors.forename: Natalia Guadalupe
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Ortiz-López
authors.forename: María
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Villar
authors.forename: María Dolores
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Moragues
authors.forename: José Manuel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Aguirre
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cashat-Cruz
authors.forename: Jose Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Lopez-Ribot
authors.forename: Luis Alberto
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Gaitán-Cepeda
authors.forename: Guillermo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Quindós
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D023241:Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active; D002175:Candida / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D025141:Drug Resistance, Fungal; D015725:Fluconazole / Q000494:pharmacology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009055:Mouth / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D015725:Fluconazole