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The effect of exposure to chlorhexidine gluconate in vitro and in vivo on in vitro adhesion of Candida albicans to buccal epithelial cells from diabetic and non‐diabetic subjects
Author(s) -
Darwazeh A. M. G.,
Lamey P.J.,
MacFarlane T. W.,
McCuish A. C.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of oral pathology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.887
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1600-0714
pISSN - 0904-2512
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0714.1994.tb01100.x
Subject(s) - candida albicans , buccal administration , in vivo , in vitro , chlorhexidine gluconate , adhesion , chlorhexidine , microbiology and biotechnology , diabetes mellitus , corpus albicans , buccal swab , medicine , chemistry , biology , pharmacology , dentistry , endocrinology , biochemistry , organic chemistry
The effect of 0.2% chlorhexidine gluconate on in vitro adhesion of Candida albicans to buccal epithelial cells (BHC) was studied in 12 healthy subjects and 12 patients with diabetes mellitus. Exposure of BFC for one minute with 0.2% chlorhexidine gluconate in vitro , or by rinsing the mouth in vivo, resulted in a significant reduction in candidal adhesion to BHC in both diabetic and non‐diabetic subjects and between both groups. In addition to the known fungicidal effect of chlorhexidine, it also reduces Candida albicans adhesion to oral mucosal cells, a factor of importance in the establishment of candidal infection.