Case report of oral candidiasis in iron deficiency anemia patients from Basrah, Iraq
Other Title(s)
تقرير حالة داء المبيضات الفموي لدى مرضى فقر الدم الناجم عن عوز الحديد في البصرة، العراق
Joint Authors
Rashak, Sad Jafar
Thamir, Sana Jamil
al-Sadun, Abd Allah Hammud
Source
Issue
Vol. 37, Issue 1 (30 Jun. 2019), pp.62-72, 11 p.
Publisher
University of Basrah College of Science
Publication Date
2019-06-30
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Iron deficiency (ID) is the most common causes of anemia throughout the world.
Iron is one of a variety of nutritional factors has been associated in the pathogenesis of oral candidiasis, it is the most common fungal infection, caused by an overgrowth of opportunistic fungus Candida spp.
in immunodeficiency hosts.
Two patients with oral manifestation such as angular cheilitis and atrophic glossitis were reported to have iron deficiency anemia(IDA).
The first case was a 17 years old female, high school student with symptoms of oral thrush and moderate IDA (Hb 8.0 - 9.9 g/dl) suffers from Angular cheilitis and atrophic glossitis with pseudomembranous candidiasis.
The second case was 62 years old female, housewife, suffers from life-threatening IDA (Hb < 6.5 g/dl) had symptoms of oral thrush with angular cheilitis and chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis.
Morphological and biochemical identification of the yeast isolated from the two cases tongue revealed that it belongs to C.
albicans.
At conclusion, IDA patients are more susceptible to oral candidiasis and C.
albicans is the most frequent species in the oral cavity of IDA patients as the causative agent of candidiasis.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Rashak, Sad Jafar& al-Sadun, Abd Allah Hammud& Thamir, Sana Jamil. 2019. Case report of oral candidiasis in iron deficiency anemia patients from Basrah, Iraq. Basrah Journal of Science،Vol. 37, no. 1, pp.62-72.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Rashak, Sad Jafar…[et al.]. Case report of oral candidiasis in iron deficiency anemia patients from Basrah, Iraq. Basrah Journal of Science Vol. 37, no. 1 (2019), pp.62-72.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Rashak, Sad Jafar& al-Sadun, Abd Allah Hammud& Thamir, Sana Jamil. Case report of oral candidiasis in iron deficiency anemia patients from Basrah, Iraq. Basrah Journal of Science. 2019. Vol. 37, no. 1, pp.62-72.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-946681
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 70-72
Record ID
BIM-946681