Candidiasis: Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes for Candidiasis

Vaginal Candidiasis

Recurrent vaginal candidiasis is defined as at least 4 confirmed episodes of vaginal candidiasis within a 12-month period. [symptoma.com]

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Vulvovaginal candidiasis and recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis remain a significant problem in women of child-bearing age. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis: a prospective study of the efficacy of maintenance ketoconazole therapy. [dx.doi.org]

Intertrigo

Terbinafine is not effective in treating candidiasis. [dermatologyadvisor.com]

“Guidelines of care for superficial mycotic infections of the skin: mucocutaneous candidiasis”. J Am Acad Dermatol. vol. 34. 1996 Jan. pp. 110-15. [clinicaladvisor.com]

Candidiasis classically has satellite papules and pustules. [dermatologyadvisor.com]

Candidiasis

From Wikidata Jump to navigation Jump to search fungal infection due to any type of Candida Disseminated candidiasis systemic candidiasis thrush Candidiasis Candidiasis, thrush [wikidata.org]

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Systemic Candidiasis

[…] organs (disseminated candidiasis). [symptoma.com]

These new syndromes include the focal hepatosplenic candidiasis, Candida peritonitis and systemic candidiasis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Abstract Systemic candidiasis is a disease of increasing incidence and proportions, which appears to be associated with the advances in modern medicine. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Primary Immune Deficiency Disorder

Autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-candidiasis-ectodermal dystrophy. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2006;91:2843–50. CrossRef PubMed Google Scholar 9. [link.springer.com]

SCID, the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome and ataxia telangiectasia, the DiGeorge Syndrome and chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis), Phagocytic disorders (such as chronic granulomatous [ipopi.org]

Recent studies in patients with other primary immune deficiency disorders, including autoimmune polyendocrinopathy, candidiasis and ectodermal dystrophy syndrome, CD25 deficiency [journals.lww.com]

Congenital AIDS

Category B (moderately symptomatic) - The list of conditions included as defining criteria, in addition to category A symptoms, include: Oral candidiasis that persists for [symptoma.com]

[…] case definition for HIV infection; AND Diagnosed with one or more of the following indicator diseases for adult and pediatric cases: - Bacterial pneumonia, recurrent [1] - Candidiasis [bccdc.ca]

Fungal infections - Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP), candidiasis (esophageal or pulmonary), cryptococcosis, histoplasmosis (extrapulmonary), cerebral toxoplasmosis [symptoma.com]

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Disseminated cryptococcosis and recurrent oral candidiasis was presented in a-heterosexual AIDS patient. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Infectious diseases comprised of TB; 4 cases, cytomegalovirus infection (CMV) 4; bacterial pneumonia and meningitis; 7, and esophageal candidiasis in 2 cases. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Examples include, but are not limited to, the following: Bacillary angiomatosis Oropharyngeal candidiasis (thrush) Vulvovaginal candidiasis, persistent or resistant Pelvic [web.archive.org]

HIV Infection

[…] following: Anemia (Hb < 8 g/dL), neutropenia (<1,000/μL), or thrombocytopenia (< 100,000/μL) persisting ≥ 30 days Bacterial meningitis, pneumonia, or sepsis (single episode) Candidiasis [msdmanuals.com]

[…] neutropenia (< 1,000/mcL [< 1 × 109/L]), or thrombocytopenia (< 100,000/mcL [< 100 × 109/L]) persisting ≥ 30 days Bacterial meningitis, pneumonia, or sepsis (single episode) Candidiasis [msdmanuals.com]

[…] of an internal organ or body cavity (excluding otitis media, superficial skin or mucosal abscesses, and indwelling catheter-related infections) in a child < 6 yr of age Candidiasis [msdmanuals.com]

Severe Combined Immunodeficiency

Candidiasis is a frequent finding and colonisation of skin, oropharynx, and gut is common in SCID. [doi.org]

[…] resistant to antibiotics, failure to thrive with abnormal growth curves, diarrhea, diaper rash, bronchitis, pneumonia, otitis media, liver abscess, morbilliform rash, oral candidiasis [youtube.com]

Renal and biliary tract candidiasis, and invasive aspergillosis, are surprisingly rare but are seen occasionally. [doi.org]

Paronychia

Differential Diagnosis Candidiasis Felon finger Herpetic whitlow Glomus tumor Malignant melanoma [handsurgeryresource.com]

In 8 patients with proven and severe candidiasis of the nails, oral fluconazole 100 mg was added for 20 days. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] for acquisition of vaginal candidiasis in this study (P= 0.224). [researchgate.net]

Fungal Meningitis

Cryptococcal meningitis and candidiasis patients accrued the largest average charges ($103 236 and $103 803, respectively) and spent the most time in the hospital on average [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Candidiasis is usually acquired in an inpatient setting. The route of transmission for most fungal infections is usually thorough inhalation of spores. [symptoma.com]

Guidelines for Treatment of Candidiasis. Clinical Infectious Diseases. January 15, 2004. Perfect JR, Dismukes WE, Dromer F, et al. [everydayhealth.com]

Adenosine Deaminase Deficiency

Severe combined immunodeficiency disease with adenosine deaminase deficiency was reported of a 1-year-2-month-old boy, who showed clinical picture of pulmonary candidiasis [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The most common form presents in infancy with severe and recurrent opportunistic infections (including respiratory tract infections and candidiasis), failure to thrive, and [orpha.net]

Candidiasis is first observed as "diaper rash" but then progresses to an extensive infection involving the skin, oral and esophogeal mucosa and the vagina. [themedicalbiochemistrypage.org]

Vulvovaginitis

Recurrent Vulvovaginal Candidiasis Recurrent Vulvovalginal Candidiasis (RVVC), usually defined as four or more episodes of symptomatic VVC within 1 year, affects a small percentage [cdc.gov]

Candidiasis (Yeast Infection) in Patients With Recurrent Vaginal Candidiasis Recruiting NCT03840616 Phase 3 VT-1161 150 mg capsule;Fluconazole 150 mg 18 A Study of Oral VT [malacards.org]

Studies have shown that the prevalence of a variant MLB gene is higher in women with recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis than in controls without candidiasis. [emedicine.medscape.com]

HIV-2 Infection

Response to treatment for HIV-2 infection may be monitored by following CD4+ T-cell counts and other indicators of immune system deterioration such as weight loss, oral candidiasis [ijdvl.com]

Response to treatment for HIV-2 infection may be monitored by following CD4 + T-cell counts and other indicators of immune system deterioration, such as weight loss, oral candidiasis [webmd.com]

DiGeorge Syndrome

[…] upper lip Other signs and symptoms of DiGeorge syndrome include: Cleft palate Recurrent infections, such as chronic runny nose or multiple bouts of pneumonia, oral thrush (candidiasis [chd-uk.co.uk]

Vaginitis

A premature newborn born to a mother with candidal vaginitis developed congenital invasive candidiasis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Treatment of vaginal candidiasis for the prevention of preterm birth: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Syst Rev. 2015;4:31. 18. [bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com]

Studies have shown that the prevalence of a variant MLB gene is higher in women with recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis than in controls without candidiasis. [emedicine.com]

Oral Candidiasis

Classification[edit] Traditional classification of oral candidiasis.[2] Acute candidiasis: pseudomembranous candidiasis (oral thrush) atrophic candidiasis Chronic candidiasis [en.wikipedia.org]

Oral candidiasis may be asymptomatic. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Candidiasis Endocrinopathy Syndrome 3. Chronic Localized Mucocutaneous Candidiasis 4. [exodontia.info]

Geographic Tongue

He had been treated with topical and systemic antifungal drugs for presumed oral candidiasis, but the lesions remained unchanged. [nejm.org]

Differential Diagnosis (Other conditions with similar appearance) Cancers of the oral mucosa Candidiasis, Mucosal Contact Stomatitis Fissured tongue Lichen planus Psoriasis [ozarkderm.com]

[…] these lesions are transient and can be diagnosed clinically; examples include aphthous ulcers, traumatic ulcers, and lesions of infectious etiology such as viral lesions and candidiasis [books.google.de]

Cutaneous Candidiasis

Significant steps in preventing cutaneous candidiasis can be made. [symptoma.com]

[…] cutaneous candidiasis" when lesions are present at delivery. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Candidiasis. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/fungal/diseases/candidiasis/ University of Maryland Medical Center. Candidiasis. [firstderm.com]

Atrophic Vaginitis

The three most common types of vaginitis are candidiasis (yeast infection), trichomoniasis (infection by a tiny, one-celled organism called a protozoan), and bacterial vaginosis [wgurology.com]

[…] stress incontinence may be later symptoms of vaginal atrophy ( Table 2 ). 3, 6, 10, 11 All atrophic vaginitis symptoms can be exacerbated by a simultaneous infection of candidiasis [aafp.org]

Discharge may be heavy, white, thick, and odorless (candidiasis); greenish yellow, frothy, and foul-smelling (trichomoniasis); white or gray, and fishy-smelling (bacterial [wgurology.com]

Bacterial Vaginosis

Twenty-one percent of treated women subsequently had vaginal candidiasis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Few studies have specifically looked at the validity of self-taken low vulvovaginal swabs (LVS) for the diagnosis of vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) and bacterial vaginosis [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

This article describes the three most common vaginal infections, bacterial vaginosis, trichomoniasis, and vulvovaginal candidiasis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Campylobacter Jejuni Infection

Invasive candidiasis is treated with an oral or intravenous dose of antifungal medication. [webmd.com]

How is invasive candidiasis treated? [cdc.gov]

This condition is known as candidiasis of the skin, or cutaneous candidiasis. [healthline.com]

Vulvitis

Candidiasis (Yeast Infection) Recruiting NCT03561701 Phase 3 VT-1161;Placebo 26 A Study of Oral VT-1161 for the Treatment of Acute Vaginal Candidiasis (Yeast Infection) in [malacards.org]

Treatment of recurrent candidiasis There is no generally agreed definition of recurrent candidiasis. [nps.org.au]

Chronic vulvovaginal candidiasis This situation is very different from an attack of acute candidiasis, and will not respond to a single course of topical antifungal therapy [nps.org.au]

Balanoposthitis

Balanoposthitis candidomycetica Balanoposthitis candidomycetica (candidiasis) is characterized by glowing redness, appearance of whitish bubbles, itch, and burning symptoms [en.dermatim.net]

Low levels of serum IL-2, comorbidity with other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and sexual partners with vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) increased the risk of CB. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] balanoposthitis Changes in the genitalia of a man are most often due to bacterial infection (caused by streptococcus, staphylococcus, trichomonas, Escherichia, enterococcus ), candidiasis [en.dermatim.net]

Esophageal Candidiasis

Candidiasis of the esophagus edit English esophageal candidiasis candidiasis that involves fungal infection of the esophagus by Candida albicans in immunocompromised people [wikidata.org]

Esophageal candidiasis Endoscopic image of esophageal candidiasis in a patient after chemotherapy. [en.wikipedia.org]

candidiasis is impaired cell-mediated immunity. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Stomatitis

The objective of this paper is present a treatment protocol for chronic atrophic candidiasis (denture stomatitis). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The keywords selected were “oral candidiasis, chronic atrophic candidiasis, denture stomatitis, prosthesis, topic and systemic antifungal treatment”. [aclr.com.es]

Keywords Stomatitis; Candida; Denture hygiene; Treatment need Introduction Denture stomatitis (DS) is a common type of chronic oral candidiasis. [aclr.com.es]

Leukoplakia

The diagnosis of leukoplakia is one of exclusion; other conditions such as candidiasis, lichen planus, leukoedema, etc. [icd9data.com]

Evaluation Differential diagnosis of an oral white plaque includes: infectious (oral candidiasis, oral hairy leukoplakia, syphilitic leukoplakia) normal variant (Fordyce' [step1.medbullets.com]

OHL and oral candidiasis may also occur concurrently in any given patient. [derm101.com]

Tongue Disease

Next disease is the oral candidiasis. Candida albicans is a fungus, which causes this condition. [ic.steadyhealth.com]

Oral hairy leukoplakia (seen in people with immunosuppression, caused by Epstein-Barr virus) Oral candidiasis can affect the tongue. [en.wikipedia.org]

Iron deficiency Zinc deficiency – acrodermatitis enteropathica, oral candidiasis, glossitis Zinc deficiency – acrodermatitis enteropathica (DermNetNZ), oral candidiasis (thrush [dermnetnz.org]

Angular Cheilitis

Oral candidiasis may be asymptomatic. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

KEYWORDS: HIV infection; oropharyngeal candidiasis; palatine tonsils [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Pseudomembranous candidiasis. Erythematous candidiasis in HIV/AIDS. Denture-related stomatitis; a common form of oral candidiasis. [medscape.com]

Cytolytic Vaginosis

[…] characteristic of vaginal discharge in patients with cytolytic vaginosis (CV) under the microscope and to identify it in patients with CV and in patients with vulvovaginal candidiasis [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] aim of this study is to detect the rate of cytolytic vaginosis (CV) cases in patients with symptoms resembling those ones of candida vaginitis and to distinguish them from candidiasis [unboundmedicine.com]

The pH was 3.5 to 5.5 and the clinical symptoms were profuse vaginal discharge (VD) especially whitish-cheesy vaginal discharge and other symptoms of vaginal candidiasis. [unboundmedicine.com]