Pseudomembranous candidiasis in patient wearing full denture
<span style="font-family: TribuneBold; font-size: 10pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><strong>Background: </strong><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"...
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Universitas Airlangga
2009-06-01
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| author | Nurdiana Nurdiana M. Jusri |
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| description | <span style="font-family: TribuneBold; font-size: 10pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><strong>Background: </strong><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>Oral candidiasis is a common opportunistic infection of the oral cavity caused by an overgrowth of Candida species, </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>the commonest being Candida albicans. Candida albicans is a harmless commensal organism inhabiting the mouths but it can change </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>into pathogen and invade tissue and cause acute and chronic disease. Dentures predispose to infection with Candida in as many as </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>65% of elderly people wearing full upper dentures. </em><span style="font-family: TribuneBold; font-size: 10pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><strong>Purpose: </strong><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>The purpose of this case report is to discuss thrush in patient wearing full </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>denture which rapidly developed. </em><span style="font-family: TribuneBold; font-size: 10pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><strong>Case: </strong><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>This paper report a case of 57 year-old man who came to the Oral Medicine Clinic Faculty of </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>Dentistry Airlangga University with clinical appearance of pseudomembranous candidiasis (thrush). </em><span style="font-family: TribuneBold; font-size: 10pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><strong>Case Management: </strong><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>Diagnosis of </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>this case is confirmed with microbiology examination. Patient was wearing full upper dentures, and from anamnesis known that patient </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>wearing denture for 24 hours and he had poor oral hygiene. Patient was treated with topical (nystatin oral suspension and miconazole </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>oral gel) and systemic (ketoconazole) antifungal. Patient also instructed not to wear his denture and cleaned white pseudomembrane on </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>his mouth with soft toothbrush. </em><span style="font-family: TribuneBold; font-size: 10pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><strong>Conclusion: </strong><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>Denture, habit of wearing denture for 24 hours, and poor oral hygiene are predisposing </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>factors of thrush and it can healed completely after treated with topical and systemic antifungal.</em></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-67d4b717c7534b57b151ba594a12a1022022-12-21T19:24:00ZengUniversitas AirlanggaDental Journal1978-37282442-97402009-06-01422606410.20473/j.djmkg.v42.i2.p60-64800Pseudomembranous candidiasis in patient wearing full dentureNurdiana Nurdiana0M. Jusri1Resident of Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Universitas AirlanggaStaff of Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Universitas Airlangga<span style="font-family: TribuneBold; font-size: 10pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><strong>Background: </strong><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>Oral candidiasis is a common opportunistic infection of the oral cavity caused by an overgrowth of Candida species, </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>the commonest being Candida albicans. Candida albicans is a harmless commensal organism inhabiting the mouths but it can change </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>into pathogen and invade tissue and cause acute and chronic disease. Dentures predispose to infection with Candida in as many as </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>65% of elderly people wearing full upper dentures. </em><span style="font-family: TribuneBold; font-size: 10pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><strong>Purpose: </strong><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>The purpose of this case report is to discuss thrush in patient wearing full </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>denture which rapidly developed. </em><span style="font-family: TribuneBold; font-size: 10pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><strong>Case: </strong><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>This paper report a case of 57 year-old man who came to the Oral Medicine Clinic Faculty of </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>Dentistry Airlangga University with clinical appearance of pseudomembranous candidiasis (thrush). </em><span style="font-family: TribuneBold; font-size: 10pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><strong>Case Management: </strong><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>Diagnosis of </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>this case is confirmed with microbiology examination. Patient was wearing full upper dentures, and from anamnesis known that patient </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>wearing denture for 24 hours and he had poor oral hygiene. Patient was treated with topical (nystatin oral suspension and miconazole </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>oral gel) and systemic (ketoconazole) antifungal. Patient also instructed not to wear his denture and cleaned white pseudomembrane on </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>his mouth with soft toothbrush. </em><span style="font-family: TribuneBold; font-size: 10pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><strong>Conclusion: </strong><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>Denture, habit of wearing denture for 24 hours, and poor oral hygiene are predisposing </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>factors of thrush and it can healed completely after treated with topical and systemic antifungal.</em></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>http://e-journal.unair.ac.id/index.php/MKG/article/view/958thrush, Candida albicans, denture, poor oral hygiene |
| spellingShingle | Nurdiana Nurdiana M. Jusri Pseudomembranous candidiasis in patient wearing full denture Dental Journal thrush, Candida albicans, denture, poor oral hygiene |
| title | Pseudomembranous candidiasis in patient wearing full denture |
| title_full | Pseudomembranous candidiasis in patient wearing full denture |
| title_fullStr | Pseudomembranous candidiasis in patient wearing full denture |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pseudomembranous candidiasis in patient wearing full denture |
| title_short | Pseudomembranous candidiasis in patient wearing full denture |
| title_sort | pseudomembranous candidiasis in patient wearing full denture |
| topic | thrush, Candida albicans, denture, poor oral hygiene |
| url | http://e-journal.unair.ac.id/index.php/MKG/article/view/958 |
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