Open AccessPrevalence and characterization of opportunistic candidal infections among patients with pulmonary tuberculosis
Author(s) -
Madhusudan Astekar,
Priyanka Sharma Bhatiya,
G V Sowmya
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology/journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.455
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1998-393X
pISSN - 0973-029X
DOI - 10.4103/0973-029x.185913
Subject(s) - sputum , candida albicans , tuberculosis , microbiology and biotechnology , candida tropicalis , corpus albicans , biology , candida krusei , medicine , pathology
Although Candida albicans remains the most common cause of human candidiasis, the frequency of infection attributed to other members of the genus is also increasing. Hence, the present study was carried out to know the prevalence of opportunistic candidal infection in tuberculosis, and if positive, the species of Candida that is most commonly associated.