Candida species present both as commensals and opportunistic pathogens of the oral
cavity. For decades, it has enthralled the clinicians to investigate its pathogenicity and to …

Candidiasis or oral candidosis is one of the most common human opportunistic fungal
infections of the oral cavity. This pathology has a wide variety of treatment which has been …

Clin Microbiol Infect 2012; 18 (Suppl. 7): 9–18 Abstract As the mortality associated with
invasive Candida infections remains high, it is important to make optimal use of available …

Oral microbiota contribute to health and disease, and their disruption may influence the
course of oral diseases. Here, we used pyrosequencing to characterize the oral bacteriome …

Oral infections caused by yeast of the genus Candida and particularly Candida albicans
(oral candidoses) have been recognised throughout recorded history. However, since the …

In Candida albicans, the ERG11 gene encodes lanosterol demethylase, the target of the
azole antifungals. Mutations in ERG11 that result in an amino acid substitution alter the …

Oral candidosis is the most common fungal infection that frequently occurs in patients
debilitated by other diseases or conditions. No candidosis happens without a cause; hence …

Candida albicans remains the main etiological agent of candidiasis, as this otherwise
normal commensal of humans is capable of causing active infection in immune-and …

This review summarizes the impact of biofilms in oral candidosis with special emphasis on
medically compromised patients. The concept of oral candidosis as a mixed candidal …

In vitro investigations of curcumin-mediated photodynamic therapy (PDT) are encouraging,
but there is a lack of reliable in vivo evidence of its efficacy. This study describes the …