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The relationship of oral Candida tropicalis infection to systemic candidiasis in a patient with leukemia
Author(s) -
REDDING SPENCER W.,
RINALDI MICHAEL C.,
HICKS JEFFERY L.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
special care in dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.328
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1754-4505
pISSN - 0275-1879
DOI - 10.1111/j.1754-4505.1988.tb00710.x
Subject(s) - fungemia , candida tropicalis , medicine , systemic candidiasis , complication , leukemia , mycosis , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , dermatology , antifungal , biology , corpus albicans
Oropharyngeal candidiasis is an extremely common complication in patients receiving chemotherapy for leukemia. Candida tropicalis appears to be the major infectious agent when these patients develop candidemia. In this article, a case of C tropicalis fungemia with oropharyngeal manifestations is presented. The relationship of oropharyngeal candidiasis to oral candidal infection is discussed.