Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Case Reports
. 2024 Oct 29;112(1):153-154.
doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.24-0464. Print 2025 Jan 8.

Oral Candidiasis in Acute Flaviviral Infection

Mohammad Khalid  1 , Prithvishree Ravindra  1 , Praveen Kumar Tirlangi  2 , Rachana Bhat  1 , Chandrashekar Uk  3 , Muralidhar Varma  2 , Nitin Gupta  2
Affiliations
Case Reports

Oral Candidiasis in Acute Flaviviral Infection

Mohammad Khalid et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. .

Abstract

Kyasanur forest disease (KFD) is an endemic flaviviral hemorrhagic fever in south India. We report seven cases of oral candidiasis in patients from Karnataka, India, who presented in March and April 2024 with the first phase of KFD. Except for lymphopenia, no other risk factors for oral candidiasis were identified in these patients. All patients were managed with antifungals and did well at the 28-day follow-up. We report this case series to highlight the possibility of transient immunosuppression and the occurrence of opportunistic infections in flaviviral infections such as KFD.

PubMed Disclaimer

References

    1. Gupta N, Wilson W, Neumayr A, Saravu K, 2022. Kyasanur forest disease: A state-of-the-art review. QJM Mon J Assoc Physicians 115: 351–358. - PubMed
    1. Gupta N, Chunduru K, Safeer KM, Saravu K, 2021. Clinical and laboratory profile of patients with Kyasanur forest disease: A single-centre study of 192 patients from Karnataka, India. J Clin Virol Off Publ Pan Am Soc Clin Virol 135: 104735. - PubMed
    1. Vila T, Sultan AS, Montelongo-Jauregui D, Jabra-Rizk MA, 2020. Oral candidiasis: A disease of opportunity. J Fungi (Basel) 6: 15. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Munivenkatappa A, Sahay RR, Yadav PD, Viswanathan R, Mourya DT, 2018. Clinical & epidemiological significance of Kyasanur forest disease. Indian J Med Res 148: 145–150. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Vogt MB, Lahon A, Arya RP, Clinton JLS, Rico-Hesse R, 2019. Dengue viruses infect human megakaryocytes, with probable clinical consequences. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 13: e0007837. - PMC - PubMed

Publication types

Substances

LinkOut - more resources