TITLE:
A clinico-pathological and cytological study of oral candidiasis
AUTHORS:
Kayo Kuyama, Yan Sun, Chieko Taguchi, Hiroyasu Endo, Masanobu Wakami, Masahiko Fukumoto, Takanori Ito, Hirotsugu Yamamoto
KEYWORDS:
Candidiasis; Oral Exfoliative Cytology; Clinico-Pathology
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Stomatology,
Vol.1 No.4,
December
7,
2011
ABSTRACT: Candidiasis of the oral mucosa arises chiefly as a re- sult of infection with Candida albicans. Many clinico- pathological analyses of macroscopic findings have been described, although the clinical findings of oral candidiasis vary considerably and the conditions are complex. The present study analyzes the distribution, clinical, cytological and histological diagnoses of oral candidiasis, associated complex diseases and the di-agnostic value of cytology. The ratio of Candida in-fection was 28.9% among 1551 study participants. Females were infected significantly more often than men (p