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. 2009 Aug;108(2):203-10.
doi: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2009.05.008.

Associations among the use of highly active antiretroviral therapy, oral candidiasis, oral Candida species and salivary immunoglobulin A in HIV-infected children

Luciana Pomarico  1 , Daniella Ferraz Cerqueira, Rosangela Maria de Araujo Soares, Ivete Pomarico Ribeiro de Souza, Gloria Fernanda Barbosa de Araujo Castro, Sigmund Socransky, Anne Haffajee, Ricardo Palmier Teles
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Associations among the use of highly active antiretroviral therapy, oral candidiasis, oral Candida species and salivary immunoglobulin A in HIV-infected children

Luciana Pomarico et al. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 2009 Aug.

Abstract

Objectives: The aim was to examine the impact of antiretroviral therapy on the prevalence of oral candidiasis, recovery of oral Candida spp. , and salivary levels of total secretory immunoglobulin A (SIgA) and Candida-specific SIgA in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected children.

Study design: Sixty-six HIV+ and 40 HIV- children were cross-sectionally examined for the presence of oral lesions. Whole stimulated saliva samples were collected for the identification of Candida spp. using culture and measurement of total and specific SIgA using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).

Results: The HIV+ children had a higher prevalence of oral candidiasis (P < .05), higher frequency of detection of Candida spp. (P < .05), and higher levels of total (P < .05) and Candida-specific SIgA (P < .001) than the HIV- children. Among the HIV+ subjects, antiretroviral users had lower viral loads (P < .001) and lower levels of Candida spp. (P < .05) and total SIgA (P < .05) compared with antiretroviral nonusers.

Conclusions: The use of antiretroviral therapy was associated with decreases in the prevalence of oral candidiasis. This diminished exposure to Candida spp. was accompanied by decreases in levels of total and Candida-specific SIgA.

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