Article
Phenotypic diversity of oral C. albicans isolated on single and sequential visits in an HIV-infected Chinese cohort.
APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica - 1 Feb 2003
Samaranayake Y H, Samaranayake L P, Yau J Y Y, Dassanayake R S, Li T K L, Anil S
Abstract excerpt
HIV-infected individuals maintain multiple oral C. albicans strains over time that are thought to undergo microevolution in terms of both phenotypic and genotypic features. To study this phenomenon, a 12-month prospective study was conducted in a cohort of 16 HIV-infected ethnic Chinese individuals with (A) and without (B) symptoms of oropharyngeal candidiasis to evaluate the phenotype distribution among oral C....
Topics
- Adult
- Candida albicans
- Candidiasis, Oral
- Carrier State
- China
- Cohort Studies
- Disease Progression
- Female
- Genotype
- HIV Infections
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Sexuality
