Open AccessDiversity and antifungal resistance patterns of prevalent opportunistic pathogenic yeasts colonizing the oral cavities of asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus-infected individuals, and their relation to CD4+counts
Author(s) -
Devender Kumar,
Sumathi Muralidhar,
Uma Banerjee,
Seemi Farhat Basir,
Purva Mathur,
Luqman Ahmad Khan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1998-3816
pISSN - 0253-7184
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7184.156724
Subject(s) - candida tropicalis , microbiology and biotechnology , candida albicans , corpus albicans , biology , candida parapsilosis , candida krusei , fluconazole , candida glabrata , carriage , candida dubliniensis , virology , asymptomatic , immunology , medicine , antifungal , pathology
Yeasts are important opportunistic pathogens, in individuals infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Yeast species inhabiting the oral mucosa of HIV-infected persons can act as source of oral lesions, especially as the individual progresses towards immunocompromised state. Present study was conducted to evaluate the diversity of yeasts in oral cavities of asymptomatic HIV-infected persons and their association with CD4(+) cell counts.