Comparative analysis of Gram's method and PAS for the identification of Candida spp. samples from the oral mucosa

• Main Authors: Cátia Martins Leite Padilha (Author), Bruna Lavinas Sayed Picciani (Author), Bruna Michalski dos Santos (Author), Arley Silva Júnior (Author), Eliane Pedra Dias (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Patologia Clínica, 2014-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Candida species are part of the normal microbiota of healthy subjects, living as commensals. However, they can become pathogenic when changes in the mechanisms of host defense or disruption of anatomic barriers occur. Candidiasis is the most common fungal infection in the oral cavity,...