É notório o papel do diabetes mellitus como fator de risco para o desenvolvimento de doenças bucais, como a candidíase bucal, cárie e a periodontite. Assim, este estudo tem como objetivo avaliar a formação de biofilme por cepas de Candida spp. provenientes de diabéticos e não diabéticos em ambi...
ABSTRACT Objective: To identify etiologic microbiota associated periodontal diseases among diabetes patients and the factors related to the most commonly identified bacteria species. Material and Methods: Periodontal plaque samples from 11 diabetic participants and 13 non-diabetic controls were collect...
Abstract INTRODUCTION: Candidiasis is the most frequent opportunistic mycosis in humans and can cause mortality, particularly in immunodeficient patients. One major concern is the increasing number of infections caused by drug-resistant Candidas trains, as these cannot be efficiently treated with standa...
Abstract INTRODUCTION This study aims to evaluate the antifungal susceptibility of different species of Candida isolated from diabetic patients against eight antifungal agents. METHODS Susceptibility testing of 111 clinical isolates of Candida species was performed against 8 antifungals using the M27...
BACKGROUND The link between Candida albicans and diabetes mellitus is well-acknowledged, but incompletely elucidated. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study is to assess the growth rate of C. albicans (CA) in the presence of different concentrations of glucose and fructose, two of the main pathophysiolo...
Estudio bacteriológico realizado en pacientes diabéticos insulino dependientes y no insulino dependientes que asisten al Patronato contra la Diabetes, en el período comprendido de Junio a Julio de 1987. Las infecciones causadas por Staphylococcus aureus han constitutido una muy seria preocupación par...
El presente trabajo describe los resultados de una investigación sobre la frequencia y el tipo de colonización de levaduras en las extremidades inferiores de 62 pacientes diabéticos del Centro Médico de Occidente. La principal levadura aislada fue Candida albicans, en 53% de los cultivos positivos. E...