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Candida dubliniensis in radiation-induced oropharyngeal candidiasis
S W Redding1, C W Bailey, J L Lopez-Ribot
1Department of General Dentistry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Tex 78229-3900, USA. redding@uthscsa.edu
Abstract:
Candida dubliniensis is a recently described species that has been shown to cause oropharyngeal candidiasis in patients with HIV. We present a detailed evaluation of a patient undergoing head and neck radiation for oral cancer who developed oropharyngeal candidiasis from a mixed infection of C dubliniensis and Candida albicans. To our knowledge, this is the first described case of C dubliniensis contributing to oropharyngeal candidiasis in this patient population.