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Esophageal Infection

MedGen UID:
163418
•Concept ID:
C0851979
•
Disease or Syndrome

Definition

An infectious process affecting the esophagus. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Treatment of orogastrointestinal candidosis in SCID mice with fluconazole alone or in combination with recombinant granulocyte colony-stimulating factor or interferon-gamma.
Clemons KV, Stevens DA
Med Mycol 2000 Jun;38(3):213-9. doi: 10.1080/mmy.38.3.213.219. PMID: 10892989
Esophageal perforation: emphasis on management.
Bufkin BL, Miller JI Jr, Mansour KA
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 May;61(5):1447-51; discussion 1451-2. doi: 10.1016/0003-4975(96)00053-7. PMID: 8633957

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Prevalence, Predictive Factors, and Clinical Manifestations of Fungal Esophagitis in Children.
Correia AA, Weber MA, Krishnan U
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2023 Nov 1;77(5):610-617. Epub 2023 Sep 6 doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000003927. PMID: 37608450
What is new in esophageal injury (infection, drug-induced, caustic, stricture, perforation)?
Pace F, Antinori S, Repici A
Curr Opin Gastroenterol 2009 Jul;25(4):372-9. PMID: 19530274
Esophageal perforation: emphasis on management.
Bufkin BL, Miller JI Jr, Mansour KA
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 May;61(5):1447-51; discussion 1451-2. doi: 10.1016/0003-4975(96)00053-7. PMID: 8633957
Candida infections in AIDS patients.
Odds FC
Int J STD AIDS 1992 May-Jun;3(3):157-60. doi: 10.1177/095646249200300301. PMID: 1616960
Human papillomavirus infection in esophageal squamous-cell carcinoma in western countries.
Benamouzig R, Pigot F, Quiroga G, Validire P, Chaussade S, Catalan F, Couturier D
Int J Cancer 1992 Feb 20;50(4):549-52. doi: 10.1002/ijc.2910500409. PMID: 1311284

Diagnosis

Prevalence, Predictive Factors, and Clinical Manifestations of Fungal Esophagitis in Children.
Correia AA, Weber MA, Krishnan U
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2023 Nov 1;77(5):610-617. Epub 2023 Sep 6 doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000003927. PMID: 37608450
What is new in esophageal injury (infection, drug-induced, caustic, stricture, perforation)?
Pace F, Antinori S, Repici A
Curr Opin Gastroenterol 2009 Jul;25(4):372-9. PMID: 19530274
Black esophagus: report of six cases and review of the literature, 1963-2003.
Grudell AB, Mueller PS, Viggiano TR
Dis Esophagus 2006;19(2):105-10. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2006.00549.x. PMID: 16643179
Human papillomavirus infection in esophageal squamous-cell carcinoma in western countries.
Benamouzig R, Pigot F, Quiroga G, Validire P, Chaussade S, Catalan F, Couturier D
Int J Cancer 1992 Feb 20;50(4):549-52. doi: 10.1002/ijc.2910500409. PMID: 1311284
Herpes esophagitis.
Levine MS, Laufer I, Kressel HY, Friedman HM
AJR Am J Roentgenol 1981 May;136(5):863-6. doi: 10.2214/ajr.136.5.863. PMID: 6784517

Therapy

Treatment of orogastrointestinal candidosis in SCID mice with fluconazole alone or in combination with recombinant granulocyte colony-stimulating factor or interferon-gamma.
Clemons KV, Stevens DA
Med Mycol 2000 Jun;38(3):213-9. doi: 10.1080/mmy.38.3.213.219. PMID: 10892989
Comparison of itraconazole and ketoconazole in HIV-positive patients with oropharyngeal or esophageal candidiasis. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Itraconazole Ketoconazole Project Group.
de Repentigny L, Ratelle J
Chemotherapy 1996 Sep-Oct;42(5):374-83. doi: 10.1159/000239469. PMID: 8874977
Actinomyces infection of a cytomegalovirus esophageal ulcer in two patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
Poles MA, McMeeking AA, Scholes JV, Dieterich DT
Am J Gastroenterol 1994 Sep;89(9):1569-72. PMID: 8079942
Esophageal infections in immunosuppressed patients after marrow transplantation.
McDonald GB, Sharma P, Hackman RC, Meyers JD, Thomas ED
Gastroenterology 1985 May;88(5 Pt 1):1111-7. doi: 10.1016/s0016-5085(85)80068-8. PMID: 2984077

Prognosis

Prevalence, Predictive Factors, and Clinical Manifestations of Fungal Esophagitis in Children.
Correia AA, Weber MA, Krishnan U
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2023 Nov 1;77(5):610-617. Epub 2023 Sep 6 doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000003927. PMID: 37608450
What is new in esophageal injury (infection, drug-induced, caustic, stricture, perforation)?
Pace F, Antinori S, Repici A
Curr Opin Gastroenterol 2009 Jul;25(4):372-9. PMID: 19530274
Esophageal perforation: emphasis on management.
Bufkin BL, Miller JI Jr, Mansour KA
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 May;61(5):1447-51; discussion 1451-2. doi: 10.1016/0003-4975(96)00053-7. PMID: 8633957
Esophageal motility in AIDS patients with symptomatic opportunistic infections of the esophagus.
Fried RL, Brandt LJ, Kauvar D, Simon D
Am J Gastroenterol 1994 Nov;89(11):2003-5. PMID: 7942726
Esophageal infections in immunosuppressed patients after marrow transplantation.
McDonald GB, Sharma P, Hackman RC, Meyers JD, Thomas ED
Gastroenterology 1985 May;88(5 Pt 1):1111-7. doi: 10.1016/s0016-5085(85)80068-8. PMID: 2984077

Clinical prediction guides

Prevalence, Predictive Factors, and Clinical Manifestations of Fungal Esophagitis in Children.
Correia AA, Weber MA, Krishnan U
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2023 Nov 1;77(5):610-617. Epub 2023 Sep 6 doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000003927. PMID: 37608450
Human papillomavirus infection in esophageal squamous-cell carcinoma in western countries.
Benamouzig R, Pigot F, Quiroga G, Validire P, Chaussade S, Catalan F, Couturier D
Int J Cancer 1992 Feb 20;50(4):549-52. doi: 10.1002/ijc.2910500409. PMID: 1311284
The diagnosis of esophageal candidiasis in patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome: is endoscopy always necessary?
Bianchi Porro G, Parente F, Cernuschi M
Am J Gastroenterol 1989 Feb;84(2):143-6. PMID: 2916523
Esophageal infections in immunosuppressed patients after marrow transplantation.
McDonald GB, Sharma P, Hackman RC, Meyers JD, Thomas ED
Gastroenterology 1985 May;88(5 Pt 1):1111-7. doi: 10.1016/s0016-5085(85)80068-8. PMID: 2984077

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