Abstract
Xerostomia provoked in rats by surgical removal of the major salivary glands favoured the development of oral candidiasis. After 32 weeks of inoculation, 20% of normal and 70% of xerostomic rats showed candidal infection on the tongue but only in xerostomic rats did candidiasis affect the pharyngeal aspect of the tongue.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Candidiasis, Oral / etiology*
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Candidiasis, Oral / microbiology
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Candidiasis, Oral / pathology
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Disease Models, Animal
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Male
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Rats
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Rats, Wistar
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Salivary Glands / physiology
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Salivary Glands / surgery
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Tongue Diseases / etiology
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Tongue Diseases / microbiology
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Tongue Diseases / pathology
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Xerostomia / complications*