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A 10-month-old child is fussy, refuses to eat. Disease onset was 2 days ago. The child is been treated by a pediatrician for pneumonia, receives antibiotics and sulfanilamides. Objectively: the oral mucosa is hyperemic, swollen; there is whitish coating on the mucosa of the cheeks, lips, soft and hard palate; coating removal can cause erosions. Submandibular lymph nodes are enlarged. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Answer options

  1. Allergic contact stomatitis
  2. Acute candidal stomatitis
  3. Geographic tongue
  4. Acute herpetic stomatitis
  5. Chronic candidal stomatitis
Correct answer

Acute candidal stomatitis

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