Thrush, Candidiasis - DermAtlas - Dermatology Image Atlas

Contributor

Kosman Sadek Zikry, MD

Diagnosis

thrush candidiasis

Body Site

lip tongue mouth

Age

5 years

Pigmentation

medium

Organization

Color

red white/hypo

Morphology

ulcerated (erosion / ulcer)

Pattern

symmetric

Comments

After a 10 day course of antibiotics for tonsilitis, this 5 year old boy developed oral thrush associated with red cracked fissured lips and crusted erosions at the corners of the mouth and on the chin. Cutaneous and oral lesions cleared quickly when he was treated with oral fluconazole.

Description

edematous crusted fissured lips, eroded white plaque on tongue

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3/9/2002 13:40:34

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