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Oral Thrush:Indian Academy of Pediatric Guidelines
Common oral yeast infection presents as white patches in baby's mouth and make sucking and feeding uncomfortable; common in infants, especially with poor oral hygiene.Types:Pseudomembranous oropharyngeal candidiasisAngular cheilitisAcute atrophic candidiasis.Oral thrush is a condition in which white curdish-like lesions are present on the buccal mucosa, tongue, palate, and gingiva.The...
Common oral yeast infection presents as white patches in baby's mouth and make sucking and feeding uncomfortable; common in infants, especially with poor oral hygiene.
- Pseudomembranous oropharyngeal candidiasis
- Angular cheilitis
- Acute atrophic candidiasis.
The Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) has released Standard Treatment Guidelines 2022 for Oral Thrush (Oral Candidiasis). The lead author for these guidelines on Oral Thrush (Oral Candidiasis) is Dr. Pankaj Garg along with co-author Dr. Ravishankara Marpalli and Dr. Susurat Das. The guidelines come Under the Auspices of the IAP Action Plan 2022, and the members of the IAP Standard Treatment Guidelines Committee include Chairperson Remesh Kumar R, IAP Coordinator Vineet Saxena, National Coordinators SS Kamath, Vinod H Ratageri, Member Secretaries Krishna Mohan R, Vishnu Mohan PT and Members Santanu Deb, Surender Singh Bisht, Prashant Kariya, Narmada Ashok, Pawan Kalyan.
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The guidelines can be accessed on the official site of IAP: https://iapindia.org/standard-treatment-guidelines/
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