Document 0567
 DOCN  M9650567
 TI    Mucocutaneous fungal colonization in HIV-infected children.
 DT    9605
 AU    Don PC; Shen NN; Koestenblatt EK; Sierra MF; Stone RK; Bamji M;
       Department of Dermatology, New York Medical College-Metropolitan;
       Hospital Center, New York, USA.
 SO    Acta Derm Venereol. 1995 Jul;75(4):310-11. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/96112862
 AB    The prevalence of symptomatic mucocutaneous candidiasis in HIV-infected
       children is well documented. Information, however, of the carriage rate
       of potential fungal pathogens is lacking. In this study we determined
       the fungal colonization rate of multiple mucocutaneous sites from 13
       HIV-infected and 12 control children. The rate of yeast and mould
       colonization and the species of fungal isolates were essentially the
       same for both groups of patients. However, several HIV-infected children
       asymptomatic for thrush proved to be colonized by Candida albicans, and
       disseminated colonization with Trichosporon beigelii occurred in one
       HIV-infected child. All cultures for dermatophytes were negative. While
       the carriage rate with fungi other than C. albicans was not increased in
       the HIV-infected group, the isolates recovered are known pathogens in
       the immunocompromised host and the colonization of these organisms may
       be a potential source of infection.
 DE    *AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/MICROBIOLOGY  *Candidiasis,
       Oral/MICROBIOLOGY  Child  Child, Preschool  *Dermatomycoses/MICROBIOLOGY
       Female  Human  Infant  Male  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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