Response to Commentary: Fungal Infections of Oral Cavity: Diagnosis, Management, and Association with COVID-19.

This letter is a response to commentary by Ambadasu et al. on a review article by Santosh et al. on "Fungal Infections of Oral Cavity: Diagnosis, Management, and Association with COVID-19.

Fungal Infections of Oral Cavity: Diagnosis, Management, and Association with COVID-19.

The frequency of fungal infections is increasing due to immunodeficiency viruses and immunosuppressive drugs. The most common fungal infection of the oral cavity is candidiasis. The existence of can be a part of normal commensal; hence, the isolation of in the absence of clinical symptoms should exclude candidiasis.

A review of research on cytological approach in salivary gland masses.

To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of fine-needle aspirations (FNAs) in salivary gland pathologies. A comprehensive literature search was conducted in the PubMed database using related Medical Subject Heading terms "sensitivity and specificity of FNA in salivary gland" and "diagnostic accuracy of FNA in salivary gland" for the period 1980-2016, and we found that 414 research studies had been published. PRISMA technology was utilized to prepare flow chart for displaying data search strategy.