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Oral Candida carriage among cigarette- and waterpipe-smokers, and electronic cigarette users.

Sameer A MokeemTariq AbduljabbarAbdulaziz A Al-KheraifMohmmed N AlasqahDimitrios MichelogiannakisLakshman P SamaranayakeFawad Javed
Published in: Oral diseases (2018)
Oral C. albicans carriage was significantly higher among cigarette- and waterpipe-smokers and E-Cig users than never-smokers. No significant differences were identified among groups in the oral carriage of other Candida species.
Keyphrases
  • smoking cessation
  • candida albicans
  • biofilm formation
  • escherichia coli
  • cystic fibrosis
  • genetic diversity