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Oral epithelial IL-22/STAT3 signaling licenses IL-17–mediated immunity to oral mucosal candidiasis
IL-22 signaling limits oral candidiasis via proliferation of basal epithelial cells and replenishment of an IL-17–responsive layer. Type 17 tag team Effective immune defense against invasive oral infections by the fungus Candida albicans relies heavily ...
Felix E. Y. Aggor+16 more
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Immunology of oral candidiasis
A successful pathogen is one that is able to effectively survive and evade detection by the host immune defense. Oral candidiasis has adopted strategies, which evade host defense and eventually cause disease in at-risk patients. Host defense against infections with Candida spp.
P Udayakumar+5 more
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Candida is the shortened name used to describe a class of fungi that includes more than 150 species of yeast. In healthy individuals, Candida exists harmlessly in mucus membranes such as your ears, eyes, gastrointestinal tract, mouth, nose, reproductive organs, sinuses, skin, stool and vagina, etc.
Ashutosh Agrawal+3 more
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Vaginal yeasts in the era of "over the counter" antifungals [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: To establish whether there has been any rise in the prevalence of non-albicans Candida species isolated from vaginal swabs since the introduction of “over the counter” antifungal treatments.
Ashbee, H.R.+4 more
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Oral candidiasis in non‐severe COVID‐19 patients: call for antibiotic stewardship
Bacterial/fungal coinfection is a suggested etiological theory for the COVID-19 related oral manifestations that may trigger overprescribing of broad-spectrum antibiotics for COVID-19 patients, especially for the ones who experience a longer course of ...
Abanoub Riad+3 more
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Miconazole in Oral Candidiasis [PDF]
Twenty-four patients were treated with oral miconazole (250 mg) for a total of 35 episodes of oral candidiasis. Sixteen had various forms of leukaemia and all were massively predisposed to fungal infection because of granulocytopenia and treatment with prednisolone and antibiotics.
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Steroids in pediatric eosinophilic esophagitis [PDF]
Swallowed fluticasone and oral viscous budesonide are effective first-line therapies for eosinophilic esophagitis in children. Side effects are minimal without evidence of Cushing syndrome, as seen in treatment with systemic corticosteroids.
Contreras, Emily M., Gupta, Sandeep K.
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Factors Associated with Oral Candidiasis in People Living with HIV/AIDS: A Case Control Study
Background Oral candidiasis (OC) is the most frequent opportunistic infection of the oral cavity caused by Candida species overgrowth. A wide variety of risk factor that contributes to yeast infection especially candidiasis.
K. Suryana+3 more
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Clinical periodontal diagnosis
Abstract Periodontal diseases include pathological conditions elicited by the presence of bacterial biofilms leading to a host response. In the diagnostic process, clinical signs such as bleeding on probing, development of periodontal pockets and gingival recessions, furcation involvement and presence of radiographic bone loss should be assessed prior ...
Giovanni E. Salvi+5 more
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Oral candidiasis in HIV+ patients under treatment with protease inhibitors [PDF]
The purpose of this work was to evaluate the influence of Protease Inhibitors (PI) on the occurrence of oral candidiasis in 111 HIV+ patients under PI therapy (Group A).
LOTUFO, Mônica Andrade+3 more
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