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'Genotypic shuffling' of sequential clones of Candida albicans in HIV-infected individuals with and without symptomatic oral candidiasis.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Apr 2003
Samaranayake Y H, Samaranayake L P, Dassanayake R S, Yau J Y Y, Tsang W K, Cheung B P K, Yeung K W S
Abstract excerpt
Although HIV-infected individuals harbour multiple strains of oral Candida albicans, little is known of their micro-evolution over time. Therefore, a prospective study was conducted with 16 HIV-infected ethnic Chinese individuals with and without symptoms of oropharyngeal candidiasis to evaluate the genotype distribution of oral C. albicans isolates during HIV disease progression. Oral-rinse samples were obtained...
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