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Oral Candidiasis
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PATHOGENS
- Candida albicans
- This is the dominant organism in oral candidiasis (~80% of colonizing isolates).
- C. albicans may cause infection alone or in combination with non-C. albicans species
- Typically susceptible to azole antifungals, but resistance can develop.
- This is the dominant organism in oral candidiasis (~80% of colonizing isolates).
- Non-albicans Candida spp
- Most common non-C. albicans organisms: C. glabrata,C. tropicalis, C. dubliniensis and C. krusei.
- C. glabrata especially can cause fluconazole refractory infections, some of which can prove resistant to other azoles as well.
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Last updated: July 2, 2016
Citation
Shoham, Shmuel, and Paul G Auwaerter. "Oral Candidiasis." Johns Hopkins ABX Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2016. Johns Hopkins Guide, www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540400/1/Oral_Candidiasis.
Shoham S, Auwaerter PG. Oral Candidiasis. Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2016. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540400/1/Oral_Candidiasis. Accessed December 6, 2019.
Shoham, S., & Auwaerter, P. G. (2016). Oral Candidiasis. In Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. Available from https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540400/1/Oral_Candidiasis
Shoham S, Auwaerter PG. Oral Candidiasis [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2016. [cited 2019 December 06]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540400/1/Oral_Candidiasis.
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