Review Article

Year : 2019 | Volume : 8 | Issue : 1 | Page : 6-10

Management of Oral Candidiasis: A Review

Irfana P. K., Suganya Panneer Selvam

Total Care Dental Clinic, Calicut, Kerala, 1 Saveetha Dental College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Address for correspondence:

Dr. Suganya Panneer Selvam, Saveetha Dental College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. E-mail: drsugan29@gmail.com

Abstract

Candidiasis oral candidosis is one of the most common human opportunistic fungal infections of the oral cavity. The candidia infection may range from nonlife threatening superficial mucocutaneous disorders to invasive disseminated disease involving multiple organs. The treatment after confirmation of the diagnosis should include recognizing and eliminating the underlying causes, such as ill-fitting dentures, history of medications, immunological and endocrine disorders, nutritional deficiency states, and prolonged hospitalization. This pathology has a wide variety of treatment that has been studied until these days. After searching the latest articles about the treatment of candidiasis, it can be concluded that the incidence depends on the type of candidiasis and the virulence of the infection. Although nystatin and amphotericin b are the drugs used the most locally, fluconazole oral suspension is proving to be a very effective drug in the treatment of oral candidiasis. In certain high-risk groups, antifungal prophylaxis reduces the incidence and severity of infection. The prognosis is good in the great majority of cases.

Keywords: Candidiasis, ill-fitting denture, opportunistic infection

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How to cite this article:

Irfana PK, Panneer Selvam S. Management of oral candidiasis: A review. Int J Histopathol Interpret 2019;8:6-10.