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Colonization of Candida : prevalence among tongue‐pierced and non‐pierced immunocompetent adults
Author(s) -
Zadik Y,
Burnstein S,
Derazne E,
Sandler V,
Ianculovici C,
Halperin T
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
oral diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.953
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1601-0825
pISSN - 1354-523X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1601-0825.2009.01618.x
Subject(s) - tongue , colonization , candida albicans , cotton swab , medicine , dentistry , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , pathology
Oral Diseases (2010) 16 , 176–175 Objective: To evaluate the colonization of Candida at the tongue‐piercing site of immunocompetent individuals. Subjects and methods: Swabs samples were obtained from the anterior lingual mucosa of healthy young adults with tongue piercing ( N = 115); 86 subjects with (non‐intra‐oral) facial piercing served as a comparison group. Candida colonization was examined by light microscopy after 5‐day incubation. Positive specimens were re‐cultured on Chromagar™ Candida plates for species identifying. Results: Candida colonization was more prevalent among tongue‐pierced (20.0%) than facial‐pierced subjects (9.4%; P = 0.048). All colonies were of Candida albicans . No difference was found between current tongue ornament wearers (21.2%) and non‐wearers (19.5%; P = 0.803). In multivariate analysis, the only significantly positive influencing factors on colonization were tongue piercing ( P = 0.034) and daily smoking of more than 10 cigarettes ( P = 0.024). Conclusions: Piercing of the tongue was found to be a risk factor for colonization of Candida albicans , without an influence of whether or not an ornament is in place.