THE PREVALENCE AND INTRA-ORAL DISTRIBUTION OF CANDIDA-ALBICANS IN MAN
THE PREVALENCE AND INTRA-ORAL DISTRIBUTION OF CANDIDA-ALBICANS IN MAN
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DOI:
10.1016/0003-9969(80)90147-8
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
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3
通讯作者:
WALKER, DM
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作者:
ARENDORF, TM;WALKER, DM
The prevalence of oral carriers of C. albicans in healthy dentate adult subjects was 44.4% as determined by imprint culture, 29.6% by salivary samples and 13% by impression cultures. Imprint cultures should replace salivary samples as the method for detecting candidal carriers. Cigarette smokers had a significantly increased carrier rare (P < 0.01), compared with non-smokers. Females were more frequent carriers than males, as were subjects with lower salivary pH on the surface of the tongue, but these differences were insignificant. Age, DMF [decayed, missing, filled] index, Russell periodontal index, plaque index and intraoral temperature of subjects did not influence carrier rate. Frequency of isolation of C. albicans and its mucosal density/unit area, as measured by imprint culture, was highest on the dorsum of the tongue, particularly the posterior half. Candida is not uniformly distributed throughout the mouth, but the tongue is the primary oral reservoir for the fungus, from which the rest of oral mucosa, plaque-coated surfaces of the teeth and the saliva may become secondarily colonized in a proportion of carriers.