Enhanced susceptibility of Candida albicans to chlorhexidine under anoxia

• Main Authors: Andressa Marafon Semprebom (Author), Ana Cláudia Azevedo Isidoro (Author), Maria Ângela Naval Machado (Author), Patrícia Maria Stuelp Campelo (Author), José Francisco Höfling (Author), Lakshman Perera Samaranayake (Author), Edvaldo Antonio Ribeiro Rosa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Aim: Periodontal pockets can be colonized not only by bacteria, but also by Candida albicans. However, its role in periodontitis is unknown. This study evaluated the inhibitory performance of chlorhexidine digluconate under normoxic and anoxic conditions against 16 strains of C. albicans from period...