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Published on: 24 Nov 2011 04:40:49 PM GMT
 
Oral Candidiasis
Posted by Dr. William J Maloney on 27 Sep 2012 09:12:42 PM GMT

  • What are the main claims of the paper and how important are they?

    The purpose of this article is to provide a review of the literature concerning oral candidiasis.


  • Are these claims novel? If not, please specify papers that weaken the claims to the originality of this one.

    Yes


  • Are the claims properly placed in the context of the previous literature?

    Yes


  • Do the results support the claims? If not, what other evidence is required?

    Yes


  • If a protocol is provided, for example for a randomized controlled trial, are there any important deviations from it? If so, have the authors explained adequately why the deviations occurred?

    No


  • Is the methodology valid? Does the paper offer enough details of its methodology that its experiments or its analyses could be reproduced?

    Yes


  • Would any other experiments or additional information improve the paper? How much better would the paper be if this extra work was done, and how difficult would such work be to do, or to provide?

    No


  • Is this paper outstanding in its discipline? (For example, would you like to see this work presented in a seminar at your hospital or university? Do you feel these results need to be incorporated in your next general lecture on the subject?) If yes, what makes it outstanding? If not, why not?

    This would be a great lecture to a dental association.


  • Other Comments:

    Candidiasis is a common fungal infection of the oral cavity.  It may be a cause of discomfort in dental patients.  The frequency of invasive fungal infections has increased over the last decade.  The oral lesions occur in several clinical forms.

  • Competing interests:
    None
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    No
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:
    None
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    Clinical associate professor

  • How to cite:  Maloney W J.Oral Candidiasis[Review of the article 'Oral Candidiasis- A Review ' by Parihar S].WebmedCentral 2011;3(9):WMCRW002259
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Oral Candidiasis - A Review
Posted by Dr. Ravikiran Ongole on 14 Dec 2011 05:03:02 AM GMT

1 Is the subject of the article within the scope of the subject category? Yes
2 Are the interpretations / conclusions sound and justified by the data? Partly
3 Is this a new and original contribution? No
4 Does this paper exemplify an awareness of other research on the topic? No
5 Are structure and length satisfactory? No
6 Can you suggest brief additions or amendments or an introductory statement that will increase the value of this paper for an international audience? Yes
7 Can you suggest any reductions in the paper, or deletions of parts? Yes
8 Is the quality of the diction satisfactory? Yes
9 Are the illustrations and tables necessary and acceptable? No
10 Are the references adequate and are they all necessary? No
11 Are the keywords and abstract or summary informative? No
  • Other Comments:

    1. The title of the article does not fit the manuscript. This manuscript seems to lay a 'lot' of emphasis on the histopathological assessment/diagnosis of Candidiasis.

     

    2. A review article is expected to "review" literature up to date on the subject. However of the 35 references quoted only ONE reference is later than the year 2005.

     

    3. Suprisingly 7 references are from text books!

     

    4. The clinical features of various types of Candidiasis are not mentioned.

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • Competing interests:
    No
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    No
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:
    None
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    Clinical experience of diagnosing and managing patients suffering from oral candidiasis

     

  • How to cite:  Ongole R .Oral Candidiasis - A Review[Review of the article 'Oral Candidiasis- A Review ' by Parihar S].WebmedCentral 2011;2(12):WMCRW001240
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Oral Candidiasis
Posted by Dr. Srikanth N on 13 Dec 2011 10:56:14 AM GMT

1 Is the subject of the article within the scope of the subject category? Yes
2 Are the interpretations / conclusions sound and justified by the data? Partly
3 Is this a new and original contribution? No
4 Does this paper exemplify an awareness of other research on the topic? Yes
5 Are structure and length satisfactory? Yes
6 Can you suggest brief additions or amendments or an introductory statement that will increase the value of this paper for an international audience? Yes
7 Can you suggest any reductions in the paper, or deletions of parts? No
8 Is the quality of the diction satisfactory? Yes
9 Are the illustrations and tables necessary and acceptable? Yes
10 Are the references adequate and are they all necessary? Yes
11 Are the keywords and abstract or summary informative? Yes
  • Other Comments:

    1. The speciation of the candida can be done using the germ tube growth as well as the colour of the colonies in paganolevin and chrome agar. Pagano Levin agar has been described in the the article but the fact that the species can be identified has to be emphasized.

    2. Clinical, Histopathological, special stains, culture plate photographs will greatly improve the article.

    3. Recent advances on the detection, variations in the radiation, immunosuppression will improve the article a lot.

  • Competing interests:
    nil
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    No
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:
    None
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    I work in the capacity of Reader, in department of Oral Pathology, and have preformed cultures and studies involving candida species.

  • How to cite:  N S .Oral Candidiasis [Review of the article 'Oral Candidiasis- A Review ' by Parihar S].WebmedCentral 2011;2(12):WMCRW001237
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