Epidemiology of oral yeast colonization and infection in patients with hematological malignancies, head neck and solid tumors

Abstract

The highest incidence of oral candidiasis amongst cancer patients was seen in head neck cancers. The majority of infections were caused by C. albicans but almost one third of patients harbored non-C. albicans strains such as C. glabrata which were often more resistant to anti-fungal agents.