Document 0829
 DOCN  M9480829
 TI    Fungi in the gingival sulcus: frequency and speciation in HIV+ and HIV-
       heterosexual patients.
 DT    9410
 AU    Quart A; Gialanella P; McEachrane S; Reich D; AIDS Initiative, North
       Central Bronx Hospital, N.Y.
 SO    Abstr Gen Meet Am Soc Microbiol. 1994;94:600 (abstract no. F-70). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ASM94/94313116
 AB    Oral candidiasis is one of the earliest and most common signs of HIV
       infection, suggesting that the oral cavity may be a reservoir of yeast
       colonization in both immunocompetent and immunosuppressed individuals.
       In this study 1168 samples taken from the gingival sulci of 237 Bronx
       methadone clinic patients were assayed for yeasts. Of these patients,
       143 were male, 94 female. 142 were HIV-, 95 were HIV+. TABULAR DATA, SEE
       ABSTRACT VOLUME. C. albicans was the most frequently cultured organism
       in all groups, with C. tropicalis second. While virtually all samples
       from HIV+ patients grew out fungal organisms, 72.5% of HIV- patients
       also grew out fungal organisms. Many patients in both groups showed two
       or more species. Detailed analysis will be correlated with the possible
       role of the gingival sulcus as a fungal storage area in both
       immunocompetent and immunosuppressed individuals.
 DE    Animal  Candida/*ISOLATION & PURIF  Candida albicans/ISOLATION & PURIF
       Comparative Study  Female  Gingiva/*MICROBIOLOGY/*PARASITOLOGY  Human
       *HIV Seronegativity  HIV Seropositivity/*MICROBIOLOGY  Male  *Sex
       Behavior  Toxoplasma/*ISOLATION & PURIF  MEETING ABSTRACT

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