Case report reveals genital-oral transmission of Candida lusitaniae in a diabetic patient, highlighting rare sexual transmission pathways for opportunistic fungal pathogens.
Candida lusitaniae is a vaginal commensal. Cases of vaginitis, vulvovaginitis and recurrent vulvovaginitis caused by this yeast are very rare. In the oral cavity, C. lusitaniae causes stomatitis in immunocompromised patients. We describe a case of stomatitis and angular cheilitis caused by C. lusitaniae in a female patient with type 2 diabetes. The infection was most likely transmitted following genital-oral intercourse with the patient’s girlfriend, who was affected by C. lusitaniae vulvovaginitis.
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