Carriage Frequency, Intensity of Carriage, and Strains of Oral Yeast Species Vary in the Progression to Oral Candidiasis in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Positive Individuals

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Candida samples were taken over a period of 2 years from 54 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive asymptomatic subjects to evaluate changes in yeast carriage, intensity of carriage, and genotype over time. Overall, we found that HIV-positive patients with CD4(+)-cell counts of between 200 and 400/microl had significantly more yeast colonization than healthy control subjects. Of the 54 patients, 11 developed...

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