Yeast diversity in the oral microbiota of subjects with periodontitis:<i>Candida albicans</i>and<i>Candida dubliniensis</i>colonize the periodontal pockets

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The term periodontitis encompasses several polymicrobial infectious diseases, of multifactorial etiology, with chronic and aggressive forms. In spite of the etiopathogenic differences between these two forms of the disease, few studies have analyzed the subgingival colonization by yeast. The objective of this investigation was to analyze the composition of the yeast microbiota present in the mucosa and...

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