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Oral Candidiasis: A Disease of Opportunity [PDF]

Journal of Fungi, 2020
Oral candidiasis, commonly referred to as “thrush,” is an opportunistic fungal infection that commonly affects the oral mucosa. The main causative agent, Candida albicans, is a highly versatile commensal organism that is well adapted to its human host ...
T. Vila, A. Sultan, Daniel Montelongo-Jauregui, M. Jabra-Rizk   +3 more
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An underestimated pitfall of oral candidiasis in head and neck cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy: an observation study

BMC Oral Health, 2021
Background Oral candidiasis is a common problem associated with head and neck radiation therapy (RT) consequences being pain, burning sensation, taste change, and systemic infection.
Imjai Chitapanarux, Somying Wongsrita, Patumrat Sripan, Panithan Kongsupapsiri, Panchalee Phakoetsuk, Siriarrayapa Chachvarat, Kittikun Kittidachanan   +6 more
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Miconazole in Oral Candidiasis [PDF]

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, 1977
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.
H Brincker
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Oral Candidiasis in Adult and Pediatric Patients with COVID-19. [PDF]

Biomedicines, 2023
Oral Candidiasis (OC) is an opportunistic fungal infection of the oral cavity, frequently reported under local and systemic predisposing circumstances. While the recurrence of OC HIV-infected subjects has been well described and reported, the association
Pisano M, Romano A, Di Palo MP, Baroni A, Serpico R, Contaldo M.   +5 more
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Biomaterials for the Prevention of Oral Candidiasis Development [PDF]

Pharmaceutics, 2021
Thousands of microorganisms coexist within the human microbiota. However, certain conditions can predispose the organism to the overgrowth of specific pathogens that further lead to opportunistic infections.
D. Gheorghe, Adelina-Gabriela Niculescu, A. Bîrcă, A. Grumezescu   +3 more
semanticscholar   +5 more sources

Isolation of Candida africana in oral candidiasis: First report among cancer patients in Iran [PDF]

Current Medical Mycology, 2020
Background and Purpose: Oropharyngeal candidiasis (OPC) is a fungal infection of the oral cavity caused by the members of C. albicans complex. Although C.
Ensieh lotfali, Masoud Mardani, sara Abolghasemi, David Darvishnia, Mohammad Mahdi Rabiei, Reza Ghasemi, Azam Fattahi   +6 more
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The prevalence, risk factors and antifungal sensitivity pattern of oral candidiasis in HIV/AIDS patients in Kumba District Hospital, South West Region, Cameroon

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2020
INTRODUCTION: oral candidiasis is one of the most common opportunistic infection in HIV/AIDS patient and it is caused by Candida species. The low absolute CD4+T-lymphocyte count has traditionally been cited as the greatest risk factor for the development
Ngwa Fabrice Ambe, Njunda Anna Longdoh, Patience Tebid, Tanyi Pride Bobga, Claude Ngwayu Nkfusai, Sangwe Bertrand Ngwa, Frankline Sanyuy Nsai, Samuel Nambile Cumber   +7 more
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Mycotic infections – mucormycosis and oral candidiasis associated with Covid-19: a significant and challenging association

Journal of Oral Microbiology, 2021
Introduction Bacterial and fungal secondary infections following COVID-19 disease are widely being reported and are an area that should receive careful attention.
Manjusha Nambiar, Sudhir Rama Varma, Mohamed Jaber, S. V. Sreelatha, Biju Thomas, Arathi S. Nair   +5 more
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Clinical features and risk factors for Sjogren’s syndrome patients suffering from oral candidiasis in Shanxi, China [PDF]

BMC Oral Health
Objectives To investigate the clinical features and risk factors of Sjogren’s Syndrome (SS) patients suffering from oral candidiasis and to provide a foundation for the prevention and treatment of oral candidiasis in SS patients.
Yexing Xing, Honghong Shi, Caihong Wang, Ying Yang   +3 more
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Integrated Analysis of Clinical and Microbiome Risk Factors Associated with the Development of Oral Candidiasis during Cancer Chemotherapy

Journal of Fungi, 2019
Oral candidiasis is a common side effect of cancer chemotherapy. To better understand predisposing factors, we followed forty-five subjects who received 5-fluorouracil- or doxorubicin-based treatment, during one chemotherapy cycle.
Patricia I. Diaz, Bo-Young Hong, Amanda K. Dupuy, Linda Choquette, Angela Thompson, Andrew L. Salner, Peter K. Schauer, Upendra Hegde, Joseph A. Burleson, Linda D. Strausbaugh, Douglas E. Peterson, Anna Dongari-Bagtzoglou   +11 more
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