Oral Candidiasis in Adult and Pediatric Patients with COVID-19

Overview

Journal Biomedicines

Specialty Biomedical Engineering

Date 2023 Mar 29

PMID 36979825

Authors

Massimo Pisano

Antonio Romano

Maria Pia Di Palo

Adone Baroni

Rosario Serpico

Maria Contaldo

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Abstract

Oral Candidiasis (OC) is an opportunistic fungal infection of the oral cavity, frequently reported under local and systemic predisposing circumstances. While the recurrence of OC HIV-infected subjects has been well described and reported, the association between oral candidiasis and the SARS-CoV-2 infection is a recent finding that still is worthy of further study. The present paper focuses on this novel association, reporting the incidence and prevalence of OC occurring during and after COVID-19 and the possible etiopathogenic mechanisms underlying the onset of OC in COVID-19 subjects. The work found that the immune inflammatory hypo reactions and immunosuppression found in children and adults with COVID-19 could favor the proliferation colonization of species and the following infection. At the same time, poor oral hygiene and iatrogenic causes seem to be the main risk factors.

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