Candidiasis

Alternate Name: Thrush Manillas's

Test:

Skin scraping, vaginal or mouth swab M/C/S (+),Skin scraping, vaginal or mouth swab M/C/S (+),blood culture (+ in fungaemia), B.glucose (H or N, candidiasis common with diabetes)

Sign:

Dd:

Mouth - milk plaques, stomatitis Skin - eczema, psoriasis Vagina - leucorrhoea, trichomoniasis, gonor­rhoea, mixed bacterial infections

Phys:

Candida albicans is a normal resident of mucous membranes, but may overgrow with antibiotic or steroid therapy, malaise, pregnancy or hypopara­thyroidism. May infect vagina, mouth, skin or nails