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Oropharyngeal candidiasis in hospitalised COVID-19 patients from Iran: Species identification and antifungal susceptibility pattern.
Mycoses - 1 Aug 2020
Salehi Mohammadreza, Ahmadikia Kazem, Mahmoudi Shahram, Kalantari Saeed, Jamalimoghadamsiahkali Saeidreza, Izadi Alireza, Kord Mohammad, Dehghan Manshadi Seyed Ali, Seifi Arash, Ghiasvand Fereshteh, Khajavirad Nasim, Ebrahimi Saeedeh, Koohfar Amirhossein, Boekhout Teun, Khodavaisy Sadegh
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BACKGROUND: Emergence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a major healthcare threat. Apparently, the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) is armed by special abilities to spread and dysregulate the immune mechanisms. The likelihood of oropharyngeal candidiasis (OPC) development in COVID-19 patients with a list of attributable risk factors for oral infections has not yet been investigated. OBJECTIVES: We here aim...
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