Franker C K, Lucartorto F M, Johnson B S, Jacobson J J
Section of Oral Biology, UCLA School of Dentistry.
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol. 1990 Jun;69(6):683-7. doi: 10.1016/0030-4220(90)90348-v.
Oral mucosal surfaces from 54 patients seropositive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) were assayed for the presence of cultivable yeasts. Oral colonization with Candida albicans, represented by 6 biotypes, was evident in 35 persons. The closely related variant, Candida stellatoidea, was found in 3 patients. Single isolates of Candida parapsilosis, Candida glabrata, Candida tropicalis, and Candida paratropicalis were also identified. One patient harbored a population of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The susceptibilities of these 43 isolates to clotrimazole and nystatin were compared by the disk diffusion technique.
