Candida isolated from vaginal mucosa of mothers and oral mucosa of neonates: occurrence and biotypes concordance.

Background: The common occurrence of Candida spp. on the vaginal mucosa of pregnant women suggests this as the source of neonatal candidiasis.

Methods: This study investigated the occurrence of yeasts on the vaginal mucosa of 100 mothers at the time of birth, and on the oral mucosa of their respective neonates, all full-term, on the 1st, 3rd, and 9th days after birth by vaginal (72 cases) and cesarean (28 cases) routes.

Ultrasonographic findings in normal temporomandibular joints.

The purpose of this study was to determine some ultrasonographic standards of temporomandibular joints with normally positioned discs. Nineteen patients from 18 to 45 years old (average age: 27.4 years; 16 females and 3 males), with history of orofacial pain, but without clinical or radiological signs of disc displacement, underwent ultrasonography (US) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the examination of their joints.

Oropharyngeal candidiasis in HIV-infected patients under treatment with protease inhibitors.

Objective: Oropharyngeal candidiasis decreased when protease inhibitors were included with other antiretrovirals to treat HIV infection. We tested oral yeast isolates of Brazilian HIV-infected individuals receiving antiretroviral therapy for protease secretion and susceptibility to ritonavir and some antifungals.

Study Design: We collected oral samples and identified yeasts from 19 HIV-infected patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) and suspected of having oral candidiasis.

Yeasts from the oral cavity of children with AIDS: exoenzyme production and antifungal resistance.

The oral fungal microbiota of 30 children with AIDS, of both genders, aged from two to six years, receiving outpatient treatment, was evaluated and compared with that of a control group composed of 30 healthy subjects with matching ages and genders. Virulence factors, such as exoenzyme production, and susceptibility to five antifungal agents using an E-Test kit were evaluated. C.

Oral manifestations in children with AIDS and in controls.

Thirty children with AIDS, aging 2 to 6 years, of both genders, treated as outpatients at the hospital Santa Casa de Misericórdia, São Paulo, were evaluated for oral manifestations and compared to a control group of age- and sex-matched healthy subjects. The correlation between oral lesions and the degree of immunosuppression was analyzed. The most prevalent oral manifestations--lymphadenopathy, followed by gingival alterations--were observed in the children with the highest levels of immunosuppression.