Admission to the Intensive Care Unit is Associated With Changes in the Oral Mycobiome. (May 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Watkins, Richard R.; Mukherjee, Pranab K.; Chandra, Jyotsna; Retuerto, Mauricio A.; Guidry, Chrissy; Haller, Nairmeen; Paranjape, Charudutt; Ghannoum, Mahmoud A.
• Is Part Of: Journal of intensive care medicine. Volume 32:Number 4(2017)
• Page Start: 278
• Page End: 282
• Publication Date: 2017-05
• Subjects: mycobiome -- critical care -- Candida albicans; Critical care medicine -- Periodicals; Critical Care -- Periodicals; Soins intensifs -- Périodiques; Soins intensifs; Périodique électronique (Descripteur de forme); Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme); 616.02805
• DOI: 10.1177/0885066615627757
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0885-0666

Abstract

A prospective exploratory study was conducted to characterize the oral mycobiome at baseline and determine whether changes occur after admission to the intensive care unit (ICU). We found that ICU admission is associated with alterations in the oral mycobiome, including an overall increase in Candida albicans .