Changes in the cell surface hydrophobicity of oral candida albicans from smokers, diabetics, asthmatics, and healthy individuals following limited exposure to chlorhexidine gluconate

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 250-254

  Ellepola, Arjuna N B ^a   Joseph, Bobby K ^a   Khan, Z U ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Cell surface hydrophobicity; Chlorhexidine gluconate

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; STEROID;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CELL SURFACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; PATHOGENICITY; SMOKING; THRUSH;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ASTHMA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS, ORAL; CELL MEMBRANE; CHLORHEXIDINE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; SMOKING;

EID: 84876054395     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: 14230151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000345641     Document Type: Article

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