Article
Colonization of the oral cavity by yeasts in patients with chronic renal failure undergoing hemodialysis.
Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology - 1 Mar 2013
Godoy Janine S R, de Souza Bonfim-Mendonça Patrícia, Nakamura Sandra S, Yamada Sérgio S, Shinobu-Mesquita Cristiane, Pieralisi Neli, Fiorini Adriana, Svidzinski Terezinha I E
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To determine the frequency of yeast in the oral cavity of patients with chronic renal failure, undergoing hemodialysis (PCRFH); identification and antifungal susceptibility profile of yeast and demographic profile of patients. METHODS: We performed mouthwash in 146 PCRFH; the rinse fluid was collected and cultured, yeasts grown were identified by phenotypic and molecular methods. The antifungal...
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