title: Inflammatory diseases of the mucous membranes. Part 1. Viral and fungal infections.
abstract: With the advent of modern molecular biology and advances in immunology, the pathogenesis of oral mucosal disease processes has become significantly more clear, allowing reliable diagnostic criteria and more precisely targeted management strategies. This paper reviews current findings relative to pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of viral and fungal infections of the oral mucous membranes.
authors.affiliation: University of California, Los Angeles, School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, California, USA.
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Eversole
mesh_terms: D002180:Candidiasis, Oral / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D003384:Coxsackievirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D003587:Cytomegalovirus; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D014645:Herpesvirus 3, Human; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human; D006801:Humans; D017733:Leukoplakia, Hairy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000821:virology; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D009181:Mycoses / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D018139:Simplexvirus; D013280:Stomatitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000821:virology; D013283:Stomatitis, Herpetic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000821:virology; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology