Isolation of Candida spp. from denture-related stomatitis in Pará, Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Gauch, Lurdete Maria Rocha
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Pedrosa, Simone Soares, Gomes, Fabíola Silveira, Esteves, Renata Antunes, Silva, Silvia Helena Marques da
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Digital do Instituto Evandro Chagas (Patuá)
• Texto Completo: https://patua.iec.gov.br/handle/iec/3053
• topic: Estomatite / diagnóstico; Estomatite / classificação; Estomatite / etiologia; Estomatite sob Prótese; Candidíase Bucal / etiologia

The aim of this study was to isolate and identify Candida species from the oral cavity of denture wearers with denture-related stomatitis who were attended at the University Federal of Pará (Belém City, Pará State, Brazil). A total of 36 denture wearers with denture-related stomatitis were included, and type I (50%), type II (33%) and type III (17%) stomatitis were observed. Candida spp. were isolated from 89% of the cases and included five different Candida species. C. albicans was the most frequently recovered species (78% of the cases), followed by C. famata and C. tropicalis. We observed a significant association between Candida species isolation and unsatisfactory denture condition (p = 0.0017). Our results demonstrated the highly frequency of Candida species isolation in denture wearers with denture-related stomatitis and showed the relationship between these species and poor denture maintenance.