白色念珠菌(简称白念)可引起口腔粘膜的急性假膜性念珠菌病如雪口,这是众所周知的。但也可引起口腔粘膜的慢性损害,如慢性增生性念珠菌病——念珠菌性白斑(candidal leukoplakia),它是一种临床上可识别的一种组织学实体。常在口腔粘膜上形成持续的坚韧的白色斑块,这种斑块在临床上难以同由于其它原因引起的白色斑块相区别。念珠菌性白斑可作为独立的损害而发生,也可以作为皮肤粘膜念珠菌病的一 Candida albicans (referred to as white read) can cause oral mucosa of acute pseudomembranous candidiasis such as snow mouth, which is well known. But can also cause chronic damage to the oral mucosa, such as the chronic proliferative candidiasis, candidal leukoplakia, a clinically identifiable histological entity. Often on the oral mucosa to form a persistent tough white patches, this patch is clinically difficult to distinguish with other causes of white patches. Candidiasis white spot can occur as an independent damage can also be used as a skin mucosal candidiasis