Candida infection of the oesophagus.
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Candida infection of the oesophagus is not common but because the symptoms are so unpleasant and potentially curable it should be recognized quickly. This paper concerns the 13 adult patients with oesophageal candidiasis seen in Oxford during the last 10 years. Many had been receiving neither antibiotics nor corticosteroids and thereby differ from the majority of cases described previously. Some of the patients had serious blood disease associated with severe neutropenia.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Gut
دوره 9 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1968