Invasive fungal infections (IFIs) are a major cause of HIV-related mortality globally. Despite
widespread rollout of combined antiretroviral therapy, there are still up to 1 million deaths …

Introduction: Clinicians are increasingly challenged by patients with refractory vulvovaginal
candidiasis (VVC) caused by azole-resistant Candida species. Fluconazole resistant C …

It is important to realize that guidelines cannot always account for individual variation among
patients. They are not intended to supplant physician judgment with respect to particular …

Oral microbiota contribute to health and disease, and their disruption may influence the
course of oral diseases. Here, we used pyrosequencing to characterize the oral bacteriome …

In Candida albicans, the ERG11 gene encodes lanosterol demethylase, the target of the
azole antifungals. Mutations in ERG11 that result in an amino acid substitution alter the …

Oral candidiasis remains a common problem in HIV-infected individuals, especially in sub-
Saharan Africa. Here, we performed the first study in Chad on the prevalence of oral yeasts …

Oropharyngeal candidosis (OPC) is an opportunistic fungal infection that is commonly found
in HIV-infected patients, even in the twenty-first century. Candida albicans is the main …

Research on oral fungi has centered on Candida. However, recent internal transcribed
spacer (ITS)-based studies revealed a vast number of fungal taxa as potential oral residents …

The organisms that colonize the human body over a lifetime are diverse, extensive and
gargantuan. A fair proportion of the microbiota that constitutes this human microbiome live …

In HIV-infected pediatrics, oral candidiasis (OC) is a global issue of concern due to its
association with dysphagia, malnutrition, and mortality. The present systematic review and …