Oral candidal flora in healthy infants

• DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.1995.tb01200.x
• Publication Date: 2006-04-29T10:02:19Z
• Authors: A. M. G. Darwazeh; A. Al‐Bashir
• Keywords: Carriage; Pacifier; Isolation

Asymptomatic oral candidal carriage has been extensively studied in adults, but only rarely infants. The present investigation aimed to determine the asymptomatic of species healthy infants and its relationship age, sex, feeding pattern use a pacifier. swab technique was used for isolation. Candidal were isolated from 48% without significant gender or between breast-fed bottle-fed Similarly, history maternal vaginal candidosis, presence nappy rash, had no carriage. Infants who routinely sucked pacifier significantly higher rate carriage, suggesting reservoir infection.