Patrícia Tolentino da Rosa de Souza, Nilza Cristina Valor Gonçalves-Wilhelmsen, Rosimeire Takaki Rosa, Clarice de Fatima Kamaroski Noan Correia, Thais Munhoz Pereira, Aldini Beuting Pereira Kitahara, Sérgio Aparecido Ignácio, Luciana Reis Azevedo-Alanis, Edvaldo Antônio Ribeiro Rosa
OBJECTIVE: To examine oral colonization and virulence factors of Candida spp. in patients aged from 0 to 18 months with cleft palate (CP). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Sixty babies were allocated into 3 groups: CP, CP with orthodontic plate (CPwP), and control group (Ctrl) without CP. Information on feeding habits, hygiene, and history of candidosis was collected. The presence of Candida spp. was investigated in samples of saliva. Fungal hydrophobicity, protease, esterase, phospholipase, and hemolysin were evaluated in a semiquantitative manner...
August 2022: Cleft Palate-craniofacial Journal