Case Report
Oral Thrush in an Infant: A Case Report with Treatment Modalities
Sachdeva SK1*, Dutta S2, Sabir H3and Sachdeva A41Reader, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Surendera Dental College and Research Institute, Rajasthan, India
2Professor and Head, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Maharana Pratap College of Dentistry and Research Centre, Madhya Pardesh, India
3Private Practitioner, Raj Multispeciality Dental Clinic, Madhya Pardesh, India
4Senior Lecturer, Department of Prosthodontics, JCD Dental College, Haryana, India
- *Corresponding Author:
- Sachdeva SK
Associate Professor, Surendera Dental College and Research Institute
Sriganganagar, Rajasthan, India
Tel: 0154- 2440071/2440072
E-mail: drsureshsachdeva7184@gmail.com
Received date: March 20, 2016; Accepted date: March 24, 2016; Published date: March 30, 2016
Citation:Sachdeva SK, Dutta S, Sabir H, Sachdeva A (2016) Oral Thrush in an Infant: A Case Report with Treatment Modalities. Pediatr Dent Care 1:106.doi:10.4172/pdc.1000106
Copyright: © 2016 Sachdeva SK. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Oral thrush or acute pseudomembranous candidiasis is a fungal infection of the oral mucosa with Candida albicans. Clinically, it appears as a white curd like plaque, which on removal leaves a red base. Oral thrush is an opportunistic infection of the oral cavity, which may be seen in newborn infants, the source of which may be from the birth canal, candidal infected skin of the mother’s nipple or a pacifier. Here a case of oral candidiasis is presented in an infant, who responded well to the treatment.
