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Esophageal Candidiasis

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Esophageal candidiasis is a common opportunistic infection in immunocompromised hosts. Here, we report an aged man receiving long-term treatment with glucocorticoids, who is diagnosed with esophageal candidiasis.

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  1. Institute of Digestive Disease, China Three Gorges University, 8 Daxue Road, Yichang, 443000, China

    Meng-You Zeng & Wei Liu

  2. Department of Gastroenterology, Yichang Central People’s Hospital, Yichang, China

    Meng-You Zeng & Wei Liu

  3. Institute of Pathology, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, China

    Bo-Juan Lang

  4. Department of Pathology, Yichang Central People’s Hospital, Yichang, China

    Bo-Juan Lang

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Collection of data and writing: M-YZ. Manuscript preparation: B-JL. Final approval of the manuscript: WL.

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Correspondence to Wei Liu.

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Zeng, MY., Lang, BJ. & Liu, W. Esophageal Candidiasis. Indian J Surg 85, 973–974 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-022-03551-9

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