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Publisher: Peytchinski, Gospodin Iliev
ISSN: 1312 773X (Online)
Issue: 2015, vol. 21, issue 4
Subject Area: Paediatric Dentistry
Pages: 941-944
DOI: 10.5272/jimab.2015214.941
Published online: 22 November 2015
J of IMAB 2015 Oct-Dec;21(4):941-944
MICROBIOLOGICAL STUDY ON CANDIDA PRESENCE IN SALIVA OF CHILDREN WITH ASTHMA.
Mariela Georgieva1, Ani Belcheva2
, Eli Hristozova3, Neli Genkova4, Tanya Nihtianova2, Mariana Murdjeva3
1) Student, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University - Plovdiv,
2) Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine,
3) Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy,
4) Department of Paediatrics and Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine,
Medical University - Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
ABSTRACT:
Asthma is a chronic disease with increasing frequency that can affect medical and oral health. During the prolonged treatment mainly with corticosteroids and anticholinergic drugs, changes in the oral environment may occur.
The aim of this study is to investigate Candida presence in saliva collected from children with asthma and healthy coevals.
The study is comprised of 52 children with asthma and 37 controls. Saliva specimens from all the children were prepared and inoculated into selective chromogenic medium to establish colonies growth. Microbial counts determination-followed inoculation. Medium-sized plates were cultured under aerobic conditions. Colony forming units (CFU) were counted and biochemical identification was performed.
Nearly one third of the examined children were colonized with yeasts on their oral mucosa without significant difference between the asthmatic and controls (26.9% of asthmatic patients and 29.7% of the controls).
Children with asthma had higher microbial counts of Candida (104-105), whereas healthy children demonstrated mono infestation and lower microbial counts – fewer than103. C. albicans was the most frequently isolated fungal species from the oral cavity in children with asthma (in 69% of the samples) and in healthy children (in 46% of the samples). Some non-albicans species were also isolated in both groups.
Key words: children, asthma, candida, saliva,
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Georgieva M, Belcheva A, Hristozova E, Genkova N, Nihtianova T, Murdjeva M. MICROBIOLOGICAL STUDY ON CANDIDA PRESENCE IN SALIVA OF CHILDREN WITH ASTHMA. J of IMAB. 2015 Oct-Dec;21(4):941-944. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5272/jimab.2015214.941
Correspondence to: Assoc. Prof. Ani Belcheva, DMD, MSc, PhD; Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University, Plovdiv; 3, Hristo Botev Bvd., Plovdiv, Bulgaria; E-mail: abeltcheva@gmail.com
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Received: 30 September 2015
Published online: 22 November 2015