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Oral Candidosis Epidemiology

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Oral candidosis (syn. oral candidiasis; OC) is considered the most common mycosis occurring in human beings. Candida spp. involved on OC are widely spread among people from different parts of the globe.

Differently from other microbes, the mere isolation of Candida from intraoral surfaces is not interpreted as a predictive signal for disease. The commensal status of such fungal genus has been evaluated along the years and according to different authors, 54–71.4 % of healthy individuals from diverse populations may carry such yeasts without any symptom. Although high counts of yeast cells in saliva may be interpreted as a suggestive signal of candidosis, not always it will occur.

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Rosa, E.A.R. (2015). Oral Candidosis Epidemiology. In: Ribeiro Rosa, E. (eds) Oral Candidosis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-47194-4_1

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