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シンキン バイヨウ ケンサ ニオケル カンジダ ノ ケンシュツ ニ エイキョウ スル リンショウテキ ヨウイン ノ ケントウ : コウクウ カンソウ ノ カンレン ニツイテ
Title Alternative
Study on Clinical Factors Affecting the Fungal Culture Test : Relevance of Dry Mouth
Author
Yamamura, Yoshiko Department of Oral Medicine, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School of Dentistry KAKEN Search Researchers
Momota, Yukihiro Department of Oral Medicine, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School of Dentistry Tokushima University Educator and Researcher Directory KAKEN Search Researchers
Takano, Hideyuki Department of Oral Medicine, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School of Dentistry KAKEN Search Researchers
Kani, Koichi Department of Oral Medicine, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School of Dentistry Tokushima University Educator and Researcher Directory KAKEN Search Researchers
Motegi, Katsumi Department of Oral Medicine, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School of Dentistry
Matsumoto, Fumihiro Department of Oral Medicine, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School of Dentistry KAKEN Search Researchers
Azuma, Masayuki Department of Oral Medicine, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School of Dentistry Tokushima University Educator and Researcher Directory KAKEN Search Researchers
Keywords
カンジダ
高齢
口腔乾燥
Content Type
Journal Article
Description
In order to analyze the clinical factors affecting the fungal culture test, we examined the oral mucosae of 89 individuals with various complaints: pain, xerostomia etc. The subjects, age ranged from 36 to 87 years (mean age: 64.8 ± 11.8). Based on the fungal culture, 56 patients were found Candida-positive, and the remaining 33 patients were Candida-negative. The mean ages of the Candida-positive and -negative groups, respectively, were 67.4 ± 12.0 and 60.5 ± 10.3 years old, with the Candida-positive group being significantly older than Candida-negative group. The Candida-positive group showed a smaller amount of salivary secretion (10.9 ± 5.3 ml/10 min) than the Candida-negative group (13.8 ± 6.0 ml/10 min); this difference was also statistically significant. Patients with Candida infection suffered from different diseases and conditions, including hypertension, gastrointestinal disease, and xerostomia. The above findings suggest that one of the factors in the fungal culture test is dry mouth. Specifically, old age, dry mouth, chronic disease or medication leading to dry mouth were the clinical factors affecting the fungal culture test. However, neither the Candida species detected in the fungal culture nor the clinical appearance of the oral mucosa influenced these clinical features.
Journal Title
四国歯学会雑誌
ISSN
09146091
NCID
AN10050046
Publisher
四国歯学会
Volume
24
Issue
2
Start Page
29
End Page
34
Sort Key
29
Published Date
2012-01-31
EDB ID
FullText File
language
jpn
TextVersion
Publisher
departments
University Hospital
Oral Sciences