Oral Colonization and Virulence Factors of Candida spp. in Babies With Cleft Palate.
Patrícia Tolentino da Rosa de SouzaNilza Cristina Valor Gonçalves-WilhelmsenRosimeire Takaki RosaClarice de Fatima Kamaroski Noan CorreiaThais Munhoz PereiraAldini Beuting Pereira KitaharaSérgio Aparecido IgnácioLuciana Reis Azevedo-AlanisEdvaldo Antônio Ribeiro RosaPublished in: The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association (2021)
Candida spp. colonization occurred in all groups, being superior in CPwP group. Candidosis episodes were more reported in patients from CPwP than in other groups, although candidosis was also registered in other groups. Candida albicans was the predominant species and virulence factors did not exhibit any pattern for species or groups of patients.