Oral Candida Predicts Streptococcus mutans Emergence in Underserved US Infants.

ABSTRACT: Despite the cariogenic role of Candida suggested from recent studies, oral Candida acquisition in children at high risk for early childhood caries (ECC) and its association with cariogenic bacteria Streptococcus mutans remain unclear. Although ECC disproportionately afflicts socioeconomically disadvantaged and racial-minority children, microbiological studies focusing on the underserved group are scarce. Our prospective cohort study examined the oral colonization of Candida and S. mutans among 101 infants exclusively from a low-income and racial-minority background in the first year of life. The Cox hazard proportional model was fitted to assess factors associated with the time to event of the emergence of oral Candida and S. mutans. Oral

SUBMITTER: Alkhars N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8721728 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature