Oesophageal candidiasis after omeprazole therapy.
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Oesophageal candidiasis after omeprazole therapy.
Oesophageal candidiasis was diagnosed incidentally at endoscopy in two patients receiving omeprazole therapy. There were no other predisposing factors for the development of candidiasis. The infection was resolved rapidly by anti-candidal therapy and by stopping omeprazole. These findings suggest that gastric acid secretion and physiological reflux of acid into the oesophagus may play a protect...
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عنوان ژورنال: Gut
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0017-5749
DOI: 10.1136/gut.33.6.860