Vitamin D deficiency and oral candidiasis in patients with HIV infection: A case‒control study

Oral candidiasis is a common opportunistic infection in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). In addition, most of these patients suffer from vitamin D deficiency. This study aimed to investigate the association between vitamin D levels and oral candidiasis in patients with HIV infection...

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Published in:BMC infectious diseases 2024-02, Vol.24 (1), p.217-217, Article 217
Main Authors: Tehrani, Shabnam, Abbasian, Ladan, Dehghan Manshadi, Seyed Ali, Hasannezhad, Malihe, Ghaderkhani, Sara, Keyvanfar, Amirreza, Darvishi, Azar, Aghdaee, AmirHossein
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
AIDS
AIDS (Disease)
AIDS research
Alfacalcidol
Antifungal agents
B cells
Calcifediol
Calciferol
Candidiasis
Care and treatment
CD4 antigen
Comparative analysis
Complications and side effects
Control
Development and progression
Dietary supplements
Drug resistance
Drug therapy
Efavirenz
Health aspects
Highly active antiretroviral therapy
HIV
HIV (Viruses)
HIV infection
HIV patients
Human immunodeficiency virus
Immune system
Immunocompetence
Infections
Malnutrition
Medical research
Medicine, Experimental
Opportunist infection
Opportunistic infections
Oral candidiasis
Patient compliance
Patients
Physical examinations
Pilot projects
Regression analysis
Sample size
Sexually transmitted diseases
STD
Thrush (Mouth disease)
Vitamin D
Vitamin D deficiency
Vitamin D3
Vitamin deficiency
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Summary:Oral candidiasis is a common opportunistic infection in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). In addition, most of these patients suffer from vitamin D deficiency. This study aimed to investigate the association between vitamin D levels and oral candidiasis in patients with HIV infection. This case‒control study was conducted on HIV-infected patients. Cases were patients with oral candidiasis diagnosed based on physical examinations. Controls were age- and sex-matched individuals without oral candidiasis. The levels of 25-OH vitamin D and other laboratory markers (CD4 count and viral load) were compared between the case and control groups. A total of 104 cases and 102 controls were included in the study. The cases had significantly lower 25-OH vitamin D levels (MD = 33.86 ng/mL, 95% CI= (31.85, 35.87), P 
ISSN:1471-2334
1471-2334
DOI:10.1186/s12879-024-09065-x