title: [Occurence of fungi in oral cavity of patients with periodontitis].
abstract: The role of fungi in the etiology and pathogenesis of periodontal diseases is unclear. What more, there exist only few studies concerning occurrence of fungi in the oral cavity of patients with periodontitis. The aim of the study was to assess the frequency of fungi occurrence and to search relationship between its presence and the state of paradontium, indices of oral hygiene as well as to evaluate periodontal treatment needs. The study involved a group of 189 patients of both sexes aged 20 to 87 years, never treated because of periodontitis. On the basis of clinical examination Oral Hygiene Index-Simplified and CPITN were calculated for every patient. Material from the oral cavity was taken in a form of rising for fungi cultures. Among the examined patients fungi were found in 114 cases (61.3%). The study did not find any significant dependence between age and sex of examined infected or not-infected patients but revealed dependence between the frequency of the occurrence of fungi and the type of periodontal disease and smoking.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Periodontologii i Chorób Błony Sluzowej Jamy Ustnej Katedry Stomatologii Zachowawczej, Endodoncji i Periodontologii UM w Lodzi, ul. Pomorska 251, 92-213 Lódź.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dudko
authors.forename: Anna J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Kurnatowska
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002175:Candida / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002180:Candidiasis, Oral / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D015984:Causality; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009055:Mouth / Q000382:microbiology*; D010518:Periodontitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology