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Oral lesions in renal transplant patients
Author(s) -
Tyldesley W. R.,
Rotter Emma,
Sells R. A.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of oral pathology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.887
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1600-0714
pISSN - 0904-2512
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0714.1979.tb01622.x
Subject(s) - medicine , renal transplant , thrush , oral mucosa , antibiotics , pathology , dermatology , kidney , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , cancer , cervical cancer , human papilloma virus
Plaque‐like lesions of the oral mucosa have been observed in seven immunosuppressed renal transplant patients. Whilst bearing a superficial resemblance to acute pseudomembranous candidiasis (thrush), these lesions have been shown to be associated with bacterial overgrowth and not with fungi. Treatment has depended on the use of appropriate antibiotics and antiseptics together with the adoption of measures to cause disintegration of the mucoid matrix of the lesions.