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Oral Candidosis and its Role in Immunocompromised Patients
Author(s) -
Lode H.,
Höffken G.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
mycoses
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.13
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1439-0507
pISSN - 0933-7407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0507.1989.tb02306.x
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , organ transplantation , dermatology , disease , cancer , gastrointestinal tract , intensive care medicine , opportunistic infection , transplantation , immunology , pathology , viral disease , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , physics , optics
Summary: The increased incidence of invasive candidosis in numerous categories of patients, including neonates, cancer patients, AIDS patients and patients who have undergone organ transplantation, is of great concern for the physicians involved. The manifestations of candidosis are numerous, and various clinical entities such as localized and disseminated infection have to be considered separately. All types of localized candidosis per se are usually not the main cause of disseminated disease. However, spreading of the mycotic pathogens in the gastrointestinal tract could induce disseminated candidosis. Prophylactic measurements in risk patients and consequent local and, if necessary, systemic treatment is recommended in these clinical entities.