Clinical classification of oral candidiasis
Clinical classification of oral candidiasis (1,2)
Proposed revised classification of oral Candidiasis
Primary oral candidiasis (Group I)
- acute
- pseudomembranous
- erythematous
- chronic
- erythematous
- pseudomembranous
- hyperplastic
- nodular
- plaque-like
- Candida-associated lesions
- angular cheilitis
- denture stomatitis
- median rhomboid glossitis
- keratinized primary lesions superinfected with Candida
- leukoplakia
- lichen planus
- lupus erythematosus.
Secondary oral candidiasis (Group II)
- oral manifestations of Systemic mucocutaneous.
- Candidiasis (due to diseases such as thymic aplasia and candidiasis endocrinopathy syndrome).
References
2. Neville BA, Damm DD, Allen CM, et al. Fungal and protozoal diseases. In: Oral & maxillofacial pathology. 4th ed. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company; 2015.
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