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Oral candidiasis (also known as oral candidosis oral thrush oropharyngeal candidiasis moniliasis candidal stomatitis muguet) is candidiasis that occurs in the mouth. That is oral candidiasis is a mycosis (yeast/fungal infection) of Candida species on the mucous membranes of the mouth.Candida albicans is the most commonly implicated organism in this condition. C. albicans is carried in the mouths of about 50% of the world’s population as a normal component of the oral microbiota.

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