%0 Journal Article
%T In vitro adherence of Candida albicans isolated from patients with chronic periodontitis
%A Machado
%A Adriana Gadotti
%A Komiyama
%A Edson Yukio
%A Santos
%A Silvana Sol¨¦o Ferreira dos
%A Jorge
%A Antonio Olavo Cardoso
%A Brighenti
%A Fernanda Louren£¿£¿o
%A Koga-Ito
%A Cristiane Yumi
%J Journal of Applied Oral Science
%D 2011
%I University of S?o Paulo
%R 10.1590/S1678-77572011005000014
%X adherence is considered an extremely important virulence factor in yeast. objective: the aim of this study was to analyze the adherence to epithelial cells of c. albicans isolated from patients with chronic periodontitis in comparison to healthy patients. material and methods: candida albicans cells isolated from individuals with chronic periodontitis (n=25) and healthy controls (n=25) were included in this study. suspensions of c. albicans (106 cells/ml) and epithelial cells (105 cells/ml) were mixed and incubated at 37oc for 1 h. the number of yeasts adhered to 25 epithelial cells was counted. results: the number of c. albicans cells adhered to epithelial cells was statistically higher in the chronic periodontitis group than in the control group (student's t-test, p=0.000). conclusion:the results of the present study suggest a higher candida adherence of samples isolated from patients with chronic periodontitis.
%K candida albicans
%K cell adhesion
%K periodontitis
%K virulence factors.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1678-77572011000400015&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en