[Oral lesions associated to immunosuppression in kidney transplant patients].

Background: The use of immunosuppresive drugs in patients with kidney transplantation (KT) could influence the development of oral lesions (OL). The aim of this study was to establish the OL prevalence in a group of KT patients, and explore some possible associations of their presence.

Methods: Cross-sectional study.

Oral colonisation and infection by Candida sp. in diabetic and non-diabetic patients with chronic kidney disease on dialysis.

Introduction: Oral candidiasis (OC) is a common opportunistic infection in immunocompromised patients. Species identification is sometimes important for treatment. objective: to determine the prevalence of different Candida species colonising or infecting the oral mucosa (OM) of diabetic (DM) and non-diabetic (non-DM) chronic kidney disease patients, comparing both groups and exploring potential risk factors.

[Periodontal disease in type 2 diabetes patients with and without chronic renal failure].

Objective: To estimate and compare periodontal disease prevalence (PD) in two groups of patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), with and without end stage renal disease (ESRD) and dialysis.

Material And Methods: Using a cross sectional design, two groups of patients with type 2 diabetes were examined in two general hospitals belonging to Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social in San Luis Potosí. Group A were patients with ESRD and dialysis; Group B, patients with serum creatinine < 2.

Oral mucosa symptoms, signs and lesions, in end stage renal disease and non-end stage renal disease diabetic patients.

Aim: To assess oral signs, symptoms and oral lesions (OL) type and prevalence, in diabetic patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD DM), and compare them with analogous findings in a non-ESRD DM group; analyze the possible association between oral manifestations, as well as with relevant laboratory findings. Research design. Two adult groups were studied: Group A: ESRD DM on dialysis, and group B: non-ESRD DM (serum creatinine <2.

Oral lesions in a group of kidney transplant patients.

Aim: To assess the prevalence of oral mucosa lesions (OL) in a group of kidney transplant (KT) patients, and analyze possible OL associations with one another and with drugs use and relevant clinical and laboratory variables.

Methodology: Transversal study, in which consecutive KT patients from the nephrology outpatient service at a General Zonal Hospital were examined. The prevalence of several types of OL was assessed, and their possible statistical associations with one another and total leukocyte count, renal function, the simplified oral hygiene index (S-OHI), cyclosporin-A (CsA) dose and blood levels, and nifedipine use was analyzed.