Clinical Characteristics and Relevance of Oral <i>Candida</i> Biofilm in Tongue Smears

Dimorphic <i>Candida</i> exist as commensal yeast carriages or infiltrate hyphae in the oral cavity. Here, we investigated the clinical relevance of <i>Candida</i> hyphae in non-pseudomembranous oral candidiasis (OC) by smears of tongue biofilms. We conducted a retrospective...

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Main Authors: Eunae Cho, YounJung Park, Ki-Yeol Kim, Dawool Han, Hyun Sil Kim, Jeong-Seung Kwon, Hyung-Joon Ahn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-01-01
Series:Journal of Fungi
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2309-608X/7/2/77