Salivary flow rate, pH and lysozyme levels in HIV-infected individuals in Hong Kong

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Predominant cultivable subgingival microbiota of HIV-infected ethnic Chinese

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Staphylococci may indeed cause acute dental infections [7]

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Dental attitudes of patients towards SARS in Hong Kong

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Reduced level of induced endocytosis in Candida albicans sap7 mutants

Poster Session: Scientific Groups - 90. Microbiology/Immunology III: no. 655OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of C. albicans SAP7 gene in induced endocytosis in Candida-epithelial cell interactions. METHOD: In this study, C. albicans sap7 mutant strain was constructed in our laboratory by a PCR – based gene disruption method. In the endocytosis assay, the number of C. albicans cells that were cell-associated with and endocytosed by OKF6/TERT2 was determined using differential fluorescence assay with minor modifications. Briefly, conflucent OKF6/TERT2 cells were infected with 1×105 Candida cells for 3 h incubation. After removing nonadherent organisms, the cells were fixed with 3% paraformaldehyde. The adherent but not endocytosed ...postprin

Oral yeasts and coliforms in HIV-infected patients in Hong Kong

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Detection of Treponema, Enterococcus, Streptococcus, and Candida species in root canal infections in Southern Chinese

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A study on exoenzyme activities of Candida albicans isolated from oral cavities of HIV-infected patients on HAART

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Identification of differential pharyngeal cytokine profiles during HIV infection

Poster Presentation: no. P90BACKGROUND: Significantly higher pharyngeal shedding of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is observed during HIV infection. Increased EBV shedding in pharynx is not affected even during highly active antiretroviral theyrapy (HAART). EBV positive monocyte populations have been shown to carry EBV to pharyngeal mucosa. Human cytokine profiles are often altered to facilitate herpes virus infection. Thus pharyngeal cytokine profiles may influence EBV reactivation and shedding during HIV infection. Our objective was to compare 37 pharyngeal cytokine profiles of HIV-seropositive patients who were or were not receiving HAART therapy …published_or_final_versio

Oral health of renal transplant patients in Hong Kong

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