Purpose The aims of this systematic review were to determine, in patients receiving cancer
therapy, the prevalence of clinical oral fungal infection and fungal colonization, to determine …

This review presents data from the literature on oral adverse reactions from the perspectives
of subjective feelings of dry mouth (xerostomia) and objective measures of salivary gland …

Introduction Candida albicans has been detected together with Streptococcus mutans in
high numbers in plaque-biofilm from children with early childhood caries (ECC). The goal of …

Background Opportunistic infections due to Candida species occur frequently in cancer
patients because of their inherent immunosuppression. The aim of the present study was to …

This study was to evaluate specific effects of photodynamic therapy (energy density 15.8
J/cm 2, 26.3 J/cm 2 and 39.5 J/cm 2) using methylene blue, toluidine blue and malachite …

The aim of this study was to biotype and characterize phospholipase, proteinase and
haemolytic activities of oral Candida albicans isolates from 210 Chinese patients with type 2 …

Candida tropicalis is one of the more common Candida causing human disease in tropical
countries; the frequency of invasive disease varies by geography causing 3–66% of …

ABSTRACT A variety of innate defense factors in saliva such as lysozyme and lactoferrin
contribute to mucosal protection and modulate Candida populations in the oral cavity. It is …

Although the main reservoir of Candida spp. is believed to be the buccal mucosa, these
microorganisms can coaggregate with bacteria in subgingival biofilm and adhere to …

Background Over the past decade, advances in cancer treatments have been
counterbalanced by a rising number of immunosuppressed patients with a multitude of new …