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Oral Candidiasis

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Important facts about oral candida infections:

  • Commonly cause acute or chronic multiple lesions.

  • Are caused by an opportunistic unicellular yeastlike fungus, a natural inhabitant of the oral microbial flora in over 50% of healthy individuals.

  • Are related to xerostomia, diabetes, immunosuppression, use of broad spectrum antibiotics.

  • Clinical diagnosis can be confirmed with gram stain and culture.

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  1. Oral Health and Diagnostic Sciences, UNC School of Dentistry, Office of the Dean, Koury Health Sciences Building, 385 S. Columbia St, CB 7450, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA

    Scott S. De Rossi DMD

  2. Oral Health and Diagnostic Sciences, Augusta University Dental College of Georgia, 1120 15th Street GC 2254, Augusta, GA, 30912, USA

    Katharine Ciarrocca DMD, MSEd

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  1. Faculty of Dentistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

    João N. A. R. Ferreira

  2. Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences, University of Minnesota, Edina, Minnesota, USA

    James Fricton

  3. Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

    Nelson Rhodus

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De Rossi, S.S., Ciarrocca, K. (2017). Oral Candidiasis. In: Ferreira, J., Fricton, J., Rhodus, N. (eds) Orofacial Disorders. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51508-3_6

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