Editing Candidiasis (section)

== Epidemiology ==
Oral candidiasis is the most common fungal infection of the mouth,<ref name="OMF path textbook">{{cite book|last1=Bouquot|first1=Brad W. | last2 = Neville | first2 = Douglas D. | last3 = Damm | first3 = Carl M. | last4 = Allen | first4 = Jerry E. |title=Oral & maxillofacial pathology|year=2002|publisher=W.B. Saunders|location=Philadelphia|isbn=978-0-7216-9003-2|pages=189–197|edition=2.}}</ref> and it also represents the most common opportunistic oral infection in humans.<ref name="Lalla 2013">{{cite journal | vauthors = Lalla RV, Patton LL, Dongari-Bagtzoglou A | title = Oral candidiasis: pathogenesis, clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment strategies | journal = Journal of the California Dental Association | volume = 41 | issue = 4 | pages = 263–8 | date = April 2013 | doi = 10.1080/19424396.2013.12222301 | pmid = 23705242 | s2cid = 46516738 }}</ref> Infections of the mouth occur in about 6% of babies less than a month old.<ref name="Oral2014Stat"/> About 20% of those receiving [[chemotherapy]] for cancer and 20% of those with [[AIDS]] also develop the disease.<ref name="Oral2014Stat" />

It is estimated that 20% of women may be asymptomatically colonized by vaginal yeast.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Sobel|first=Jack D|date=2007|title=Vulvovaginal candidosis|journal=The Lancet|volume=369|issue=9577|pages=1961–1971|doi=10.1016/s0140-6736(07)60917-9|pmid=17560449|s2cid=33894309|issn=0140-6736}}</ref> In the United States there are approximately 1.4 million doctor office visits every year for candidiasis.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Benedict K, Jackson BR, Chiller T, Beer KD | title = Estimation of Direct Healthcare Costs of Fungal Diseases in the United States | journal = Clinical Infectious Diseases | volume = 68 | issue = 11 | pages = 1791–1797 | date = May 2019 | pmid = 30204844 | pmc = 6409199 | doi = 10.1093/cid/ciy776 }}</ref> About three-quarters of women have at least one yeast infection at some time during their lives.<ref name="CDC2014Epi"/>

Esophageal candidiasis is the most common esophageal infection in persons with AIDS and accounts for about 50% of all esophageal infections, often coexisting with other esophageal diseases. About two-thirds of people with AIDS and esophageal candidiasis also have oral candidiasis.<ref name="Yamada 2009" />

Candidal [[sepsis]] is rare.<ref name="Gow 2002">{{cite journal|last=Gow|first=Neil A. R. G |author-link1=Neil A. R. Gow|title=Candida albicans - a fungal Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde|journal=Mycologist|date=8 May 2002|volume=16|issue=1|doi=10.1017/S0269915X02006183|doi-broken-date=1 November 2024 |s2cid=86182033 |url=https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/4190/f12a123810269fb91e6d9134c52ccfad096f.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200210161707/https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/4190/f12a123810269fb91e6d9134c52ccfad096f.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 February 2020}}</ref> Candida is the fourth most common cause of bloodstream infections among hospital patients in the United States.<ref name=CDCCandida>{{cite web|title=Candida|url=https://www.cdc.gov/hai/eip/pdf/Candida-factsheet.pdf|publisher=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|location=United States|access-date=April 19, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427124739/http://www.cdc.gov/hai/eip/pdf/Candida-factsheet.pdf|archive-date=April 27, 2015}}</ref> The incidence of bloodstream candida in intensive care units varies widely between countries.<ref name="Vallab2016">{{cite book |last1=Vallabhaneni |first1=Snigdha |last2=Mody |first2=Rajal K. |last3=Walker |first3=Tiffany |last4=Chiller |first4=Tom |editor1-last=Sobel |editor1-first=Jack |editor2-last=Ostrosky-Zeichner |editor2-first=Luis |title=Fungal Infections, An Issue of Infectious Disease Clinics of North America |date=2016 |publisher=Elsevier |location=Philadelphia |isbn=978-0-323-41649-8 |pages=2–3 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uwndCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA2 |language=en |chapter=1. The global burden of fungal disease |access-date=2021-05-29 |archive-date=2024-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224182454/https://books.google.com/books?id=uwndCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA2#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref>