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Genotypic variation of Candida albicans during orthodontic therapy.
Frontiers in bioscience : a journal and virtual library - 1 May 2008
Lee Wilson, Low Bernard K M, Samaranayake Lakshman P, Hagg Urban
Abstract excerpt
Candida is a common oral, opportunistic pathogen. The aim of this longitudinal study was to analyze the genotypes of sequential isolates of Candida albicans in a cohort of healthy consistent candidal carriers ('carriers') during fixed orthodontic appliance therapy. 11 of 97 subjects were 'carriers'. Candida isolates from baseline samples (T0) and sequential visits after insertion (T1 to T10) were speciated and...
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