Poor oral hygiene in COVID-19 patients is a leading cause of prevalence
of oral candidiasis in inpatients
Abstract
The world is under the threat of COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-COV2
since January 2020. And this pandemic has caused millions of deaths
still it is affecting the lives of many people affected by this viral
disease. The unavailability of definite treatment is a main focus to
ponder because symptomatic treatment like use of antibiotics, steroids
and oxygen therapy is also a cause of many opportunistic infections like
oral candidiasis caused by Candida Albicans and the main reasons of this
infection are the excessive use of medications which may cause drug
reaction, the continuous use of oxygen therapy and co-morbidities and
poor oral hygeine etc. which increase the length of hospital stay of
patient and also affect the quality of life of patient as patients
become dysphagic as unable to take orally due to the severity of this
opportunistic infection. This case study was done to check the
prevalence of oral candidiasis in inpatients of COVID-19 and their
possible management was done with the use of both topical as well as
systemic antifungals and this condition resolved in 5 to 7 days with the
proper management and proper maintenance of oral hygiene. Keywords:
Pandemic, opportunistic, infection, topical, systemic, hygiene