Mucosal candidiasis is extremely common in immunocompromised patients. However, the prevalence of site-specific infection (i.e., oropharyngeal, vaginal, and esophageal candidiasis) can be quite variable depending on the immune status of the host. While vulvovaginal candidiasis is common in normal healthy women, oropharyngeal and esophageal candidiasis are more frequently encountered under immun...

In this issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Vazquez et al. [1] demonstrate in a well-conceived and well-conducted multicenter trial that posaconazole is equivalent in efficacy to fluconazole in the treatment of oropharyngeal candidiasis in HIV-infected patients. Patients given posaconazole also experienced fewer clinical relapses of oro-pharyngeal candidiasis than did patients given fluconaz...

Oropharyngeal candidiasis is a very common localized infection of the mucus membranes of the oropharynx that is most commonly caused by the patient's own commensal Candida albicans. It is the most common opportunistic infection affecting patients with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and is also quite common in patients with hematological malignancies. Effective treatment options are of h...

The purpose of this review was to investigate the management of oral candidiasis in HIV/AIDS patients and to evaluate the different guidelines available for its management. A number of topical and systemic antifungal medications are used to treat oral candidiasis in HIV-positive patients. Milder episodes of oral candidiasis respond to topical therapy with nystatin, clotrimazole troches or oral ...

Mucocutaneous candidiasis is frequently one of the first signs of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Over 90% of patients with AIDS will develop oropharyngeal candidiasis (OPC) at some time during their illness. Although numerous antifungal agents are available, azoles, both topical (clotrimazole) and systemic (fluconazole, itraconazole, voriconazole, posaconazole) have replaced olde...

Candida albicans can cause candidemia in neutropenic and critically ill patients and oropharyngeal candidiasis in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients with low CD4(+) counts. Because all patients at risk do not develop Candida infections, it is possible that a patient's genetic background might play a role in his or her susceptibility to infection. Autophagy mediates pathogen cl...

Oral candidosis and oral candidiasis are synonymous. Candida species reside in the oral cavities of a majority of healthy individuals as.Candidiasis, a common opportunistic fungal infection of the oral cavity, may be a cause of. Oral candidiasis is one of the most common, treatable oral mucosal.Oral candidiasis also known as oral candidosis, oral thrush, oropharyngeal. Northwest dentistry 91 2:...