Meeting abstract

Chronic Hyperplastic Candidiasis

Ž. Zečević
I. Pervan
D. Ograjšek-Škunca

Abstract

There are several clinical appearances of oral candidiasis.
Therefore, recognizing different manifestiton of oral candidiasis is crutial in clinical practice.
Patient K.A, aged 44 years, male.
The middle-aged patient come to the oral medicine clinic with mouth burning symptoms, disgeusia and roughness of oral mucous membrane.
During inspection a black hairy tongue and bilateral buccal white patches with inflamation / erythema underneath are visible. At this first visit, oral swabs were taken from bucal mucosa, and cultured on Sabouraud agar fro the presentce of Candida sp. Colonies were counted after 36 hours of incubation. For quick identification of Candida, germination test was performed. Culture showed
positive findings (intensity level III, according to Budz- Joergensen).
Miconazole gel, 4 g daily; vitamin A, 60000 i.u. daily; vitamin B-complex, 24 mg daily
After 28 days of treatment, lesions completely resolved.
Repeated Candidal culture revealed intensity I.
When suspecting chronic hyperplastic candidasis, Candida albicans needs to be diagnostically confirmed, and treated with miconazole, A and B-complex vitamins should be administred.

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Hrčak ID:

3579

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/3579

Publication date:

15.9.2003.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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