Admission to the Intensive Care Unit is Associated With Changes in the Oral Mycobiome.

Admission to the Intensive Care Unit is Associated With Changes in the Oral Mycobiome.

Watkins Richard R; Mukherjee Pranab K; Chandra Jyotsna; Retuerto Mauricio A; Guidry Chrissy; Haller Nairmeen A; Paranjape Charudutt; Ghannoum Mahmoud A

Journal of intensive care medicine

2017

2017-05

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.

*Intensive Care Units; 80 and over; Adult; Aged; Candida albicans; Candida Albicans; Candida albicans/*isolation & purification; Candidiasis; critical care; Critical Care; Cross Infection/microbiology/prevention & control/*transmission; Female; Human; Humans; Length of Stay; Male; Middle Aged; mycobiome; Mycobiome/*immunology; Mycological Typing Techniques; Mycoses; Oral Health; Oral/microbiology/prevention & control/*transmission; Prospective Studies; Risk Factors; United States/epidemiology; Young Adult

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