Open AccessIsolation and identification of oral Candida species in potentially malignant disorder and oral squamous cell carcinoma
Author(s) -
Chandra Prakash Arya,
Rakesh Jaiswal,
Aanchal Tandon,
Amol Jain
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
national journal of maxillofacial surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-3418
pISSN - 0975-5950
DOI - 10.4103/njms.njms_80_19
Subject(s) - candida tropicalis , candida albicans , chromogenic , microbiology and biotechnology , candida krusei , cancer , candida parapsilosis , corpus albicans , medicine , biology , oral cavity , basal cell , agar , pathology , bacteria , chemistry , dentistry , genetics , chromatography
Oral cancer is one of the ten most common cancers in the world. More than 95% of the carcinomas of the oral cavity are of squamous cell type in nature. Oral Candida is a "yeast-like opportunistic pathogen." The Candida genus is comprised of over 150 species of asporogenous "yeast-like" fungi.