Candida albicans is an opportunistic pathogenic yeast that is a common member of the human gut flora. It can also survive outside the human body. It is...

opportunistic infection. Candida is located on most mucosal surfaces and mainly the gastrointestinal tract, along with the skin. Candida albicans is one of the most...

of infection: Candida albicans: 85.7% Non-albicans Candida (8 species): 13.2% Saccharomyces cerevisiae: 0.8% Candida albicans and Candida glabrata: 0.3%...

fevers, among other symptoms. More than 20 types of Candida may cause infection with Candida albicans being the most common. Infections of the mouth are...

from immunocompetent individuals. It is of the genus Candida, very closely related to Candida albicans but forming a distinct phylogenetic cluster in DNA...

of Candida species on the mucous membranes of the mouth. Candida albicans is the most commonly implicated organism in this condition. C. albicans is carried...

ultimately human biology in great detail. Other species of yeasts, such as Candida albicans, are opportunistic pathogens and can cause infections in humans. Yeasts...

wound and tissue infections in immunocompromised people. Unlike Candida albicans and Candida tropicalis, C. parapsilosis is not an obligate human pathogen...

not depend on outcrossing. Candida albicans is a diploid fungus that grows both as a yeast and as a filament. C. albicans is the most common fungal pathogen...

advanced HIV receiving treatment for thrush or esophageal Candida infection). In C. albicans, resistance occurs by way of mutations in the ERG11 gene,...