Candida esophagitis tends to occur in patients with one or more risk factors.
Risk factors for Candida esophagitis:
(1) following broad spectrum antibiotic therapy (with suppression of normal flora)
(2) diabetes mellitus
(3) immunocompromise associated with malignant neoplasm and/or chemoradiation
(4) HIV disease
(5) immunodeficiency state
(6) immunosuppressive therapy (corticosteroids, etc)
(7) scleroderma
(8) esophageal stricture
(9) achalasia
(10) following fundoplication
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Purpose: To identify risk factors associated with Candida esophagitis.
Specialty: Infectious Diseases
Objective: risk factors, adverse effects, comorbid conditions
ICD-10: B37.81,
