LOCALLY INVASIVE ORAL CANDIDIASIS MIMICKING ZYGOMYCOSIS IN A PATIENT WITH DIABETIC-KETOACIDOSIS

Authors
COX DT ALLEN CM PLOUFFE JF
Citation
Dt. Cox et al., LOCALLY INVASIVE ORAL CANDIDIASIS MIMICKING ZYGOMYCOSIS IN A PATIENT WITH DIABETIC-KETOACIDOSIS, Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology and endodontics, 81(1), 1996, pp. 70-73
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Pathology,Surgery,"Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology and endodontics → ACNP
ISSN journal
10792104
Volume
81
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
70 - 73
Database
ISI
SICI code
1079-2104(1996)81:1<70:LIOCMZ>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Candida species are increasingly assuming; a pathogenic role in patien ts throughout the spectrum of immune competence. This case history doc uments a unique presentation of candidiasis with marked similarity to the zygomycoses in patients with diabetic, ketoacidosis and explores t he pathogenetic basis for both.