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Oral Candidiasis

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Oral candidiasis is a common opportunistic infection caused by an overgrowth of Candida albicans. The microorganisms take advantage of poor oral hygiene or immunodeficiency to multiply and spread beyond normal levels. In this chapter, we provide a practical approach to assessing, diagnosing, and managing patients with oral candidiasis based on the literature and our clinical experience over the years.

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Acknowledgments

The São Paulo State Research Foundation (FAPESP, São Paulo, Brazil, grant number JFS 19/09419-0) and the Coordination of Training of Higher Education Graduate Foundation (CAPES, Brasilia, Brazil, finance code 001). MDM and FPF are research fellow funded by the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq).

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  1. Department of Oral Pathology, Faculdade de Odontologia, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

    Manoela Domingues Martins

  2. Department of Oral Surgery and Pathology, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

    Felipe Paiva Fonseca

  3. Department of Oral Diagnosis, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas (FOP/UNICAMP), Piracicaba, SP, Brazil

    João Figueira Scarini

  4. Department of Pathology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas (FCM/UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brazil

    João Figueira Scarini

  5. Dentistry and Stomatology Division, Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Department, Clinical Hospital of Ribeirão Preto, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil

    Lara Maria Alencar Ramos Innocentini

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  1. Department of Oral Diagnosis, State University of Campinas, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil

    Alan Roger Santos-Silva

  2. Department of Oral Diagnosis, State University of Campinas, Piracicaba, Brazil

    Márcio Ajudarte Lopes

  3. Department of Oral Diagnosis, State University of Campinas, Piracicaba, Brazil

    João Figueira Scarini

  4. Department of Oral Diagnosis, State University of Campinas, Piracicaba, Brazil

    Pablo Agustin Vargas

  5. Department of Oral Diagnosis, State University of Campinas, Piracicaba, Brazil

    Oslei Paes de Almeida

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Martins, M.D., Fonseca, F.P., Scarini, J.F., Innocentini, L.M.A.R. (2023). Oral Candidiasis. In: Santos-Silva, A.R., Lopes, M.A., Scarini, J.F., Vargas, P.A., Almeida, O.P.d. (eds) Clinical Decision-Making in Oral Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14945-0_11

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