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Oral candida in HIV positive women: influence of oral hygiene, clinical and social factors on the carriage rates and the influence of virulence of the organism on the development of clinical infection

Year: 2014

Type: dissertation

Abstract: Introduction \nPatients with HIV infection frequently encounter oral candidiasis, caused by Candida species. However, factors responsible for Candida colonisation and development of oral candidiasis in these patients are controversial. This study investigated the effect of social and clinical factors on oral Candida colonisation in HIV positive women. In addition, virulence of these organisms during clinical infection, the role of non-albicans Candida and reinfections with C. albicans were investigated.

Source: University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Institutional Repository on DSpace (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg)

Author: Foluso Owotade

Language: English

Topic: HIV/AIDS oral health manifestations

Subfield: General Dentistry

Field: Dentistry

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: Tertiary Education Trust Fund

OpenAlex ID: W2283136848

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