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Oral candidiasis: a comparison between conventional methods and multiplex polymerase chain reaction for species identification
12 Dec 2008
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BACKGROUND/AIM: Oral candidiasis is the most common fungal infection in dental practice, and is caused by yeasts that are normally present in the endogenous flora. METHODS: To evaluate a rapid diagnostic method for identification of Candida oral isolates, a multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was carried out on colonies and on oral rinse solutions from 95 subjects with suspected oral candidiasis and results...
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