Oropharyngeal candidiasis as a marker for esophageal candidiasis in patients with cancer

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 283-286

  Samonis, George ^a   Skordilis, Panagiotis ^b   Maraki, Sofia ^b   Datseris, George ^b   Toloudis, Paraschos ^b   Chatzinikolaou, Ioannis ^b   Georgoulias, Vassilios ^b   Bodey, Gerald P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE MARKER; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; THRUSH;

EID: 0031928836     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514653     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Samonis G, Rolston K, Karl C, Miller P, Bodey GP. Prophylaxis of oropharyngeal candidiasis with fluconazole. Rev Infect Dis 1990;12(suppl 3): S364-73.
2. Walsh TH, Hamilton SR, Belitos N. Esophageal candidiasis. Managing an increasingly prevalent infection. Postgrad Med 1988;84:193-205.
3. Raufman JP. Esophageal infections. In: Yamada T, Alpers DH, Owyang C, et al., eds. Textbook of gastroenterology. Vol I. Philadelphia: JB Lippincott, 1991:1148-59.
4. Roseff SA, Sugar AM. Oral and esophageal candidiasis. In: Bodey GP, ed. Candidiasis: pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment. New York: Raven Press, 1993:185-203.
5. Taritian A, Raufman JP, Rosenthal LE. Oral candidiasis as a marker for esophageal candidiasis in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Ann Intern Med 1986;104:54-5.
6. Rabeneck L, Laine L. Esophageal candidiasis in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. A decision analysis to assess costeffectiveness of alternative management strategies. Arch Intern Med 1994;154:2705-10.
7. Antinori A, Antinori A, Ammassari A, et al. Presumptive clinical criteria versus endoscopy in the diagnosis of Candida esophagitis in various HIV-1 diseases stages. Endoscopy 1995;27:371-6.
8. Porro BP, Parenta F, Cernuschi M. The diagnosis of esophageal candidiasis in patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome: is endoscopy always necessary? Am J Gastroenterol 1989;84:143-6.
9. Laine L. The natural history of esophageal candidiasis after successful treatment in patients with AIDS. Gastroenterology 1994;107: 744-6.
10. Jensen KB, Stenderup A, Thomsen JB, Bichel J. Oesophageal moniliasis in malignant neoplastic diseases. Acta Med Scand 1964;175: 455-9.
11. Akova M, Akalm HE, Uzun O, et al. Efficacy of fluconazole in the treatment of upper gastrointestinal candidiasis in neutropenic patients with cancer: factors influencing the outcome. Clin Infect Dis 1994;18:298-304.
12. Kodsi B, Wickremesinghe P, Kozinn PJ, Iswara K, Goldberg PK. Candida esophagitis. A prospective study of 27 cases. Gastroenterology 1976; 71:715-9.