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The South Texas Pediatric NCI Community Oncology Research Program (STP NCORP) for Minority and Underserved is composed of five independent Children's Oncology Group (COG) institutions. The catchment area (South Texas and most of Central Texas) serves a large population of patients spread over 90,000 square miles. The population is young and in majority Hispanic (> 50%) with a significant portion of patients under the age of 18 living in poverty, particularly in the Texas-Mexico border region.

UT Health San Antonio
Langevin, Anne-Marie

Candida species are the fourth leading cause of hospital-acquired bloodstream infections in the United States with an attributable mortality rate of 40-50%. Oral candidiasis is the most common fungal infection encountered in the general dental practice and immunocompromised individuals, including AIDS patients, are particularly susceptible. Candida albicans is the most frequently isolated species in oral thrush patients. C. albicans and C. glabrata are increasingly being co-isolated from fungal lesions in the oral cavity.C.

UT Health San Antonio
Martinez-Anz, Sabrina Patrice