ABSTRACT
Smoking Recent use of antibiotics Recent use of corticosteroids Chemotherapy Immunocompromising illnesses (e.g., human immunodeficiency virus, hematologic malignancy)
Diabetes Xerostomia
• Variants of oral candidiasis include the following:
Pseudomembranous candidiasis (thrush) Chronic hyperplastic candidiasis (can progress to malignancy)
Angular cheilitis Erythematous candidiasis (associated with use of dentures and antibiotics)
• The whitish exudates of thrush may be easily scraped off the tongue to reveal underlying erythema. In contrast, oral hairy leukoplakia (Epstein-Barr virus infection) commonly involves the lateral sides of the tongue and is adherent
• If odynophagia is coexistent, Candida esophagitis must be suspected
