Volume 25, Issue 112, June 2021

Oral candidiasis as rare complication of COVID-19: A case series

Vinay Verma¹, Dhruv Talwar^1♦, Sunil Kumar², Sourya Acharya³, Anuj Verma²

¹Post Graduate Resident, Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (Deemed to be university), Wardha, Maharashtra, India
²Professor, Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (Deemed to be university), Wardha, Maharashtra, India
³Professor and HOD, Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (Deemed to be university), Wardha, Maharashtra, India

^♦Corresponding author
Post Graduate Resident, Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (Deemed to be university), Wardha, Maharashtra, India

ABSTRACT

Ever since its emergence the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has puzzled the physicians across the globe with its wide spectrum of presentation. The oral hygiene and its complications seem to be under reported due to the increasing load on the healthcare sector. It is important to diagnosis and treats oral candidiasis to prevent its further complications like candidemia, malnourishment or sepsis. We report a case series of two patients who presented with the chief complaint of dysphagia and turned out to be a case of COVID-19 upon investigations.

Keywords: COVID-19, Oral Candidiasis, SARS CoV2

Medical Science, 2021, 25(112), 1397-1401

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