Penatalaksanaan infeksi Candida tropicalis pada penderita median rhomboid glossitis The management of infection of Candida tropicalis at median rhomboid glossitis patient

Oral candidiasis is oral mucosal infectious caused by Candida albicans or non-candida albicans candida (NCAC). Each Candida species infection has same clinical manifestation, the different only in invasive nature and antifungi response. C.tropicalis is most virulence NCAC because the most adherence ability to epithelial cells in vitro as well as medium level proteinase secretion. In addition, C.topicalis is the second most common colony on human. A study reported of C.tropicalis as causa of 16% hospitalized oral candidiasis, anti fungal drugs and systemic antibiotic was known as trigger factors. This paper report and discuss oral candidiasis due to C.tropicalis in patient, adult male, with median rhomboid glossitis. The patient also used broad spectrum antibiotic and topical corticosteroid with imprecise dose. The management of this case was terminated antibiotic and corticosteroid, oral hygiene optimalization and was given 0.25% chlorhexidine gluconate. However, oral hygiene optimalization, predisposition factors elimination, and, precise therapy would give a good prognosis