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Candida

Candida

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Fungi
Phylum:	Ascomycota
Class:	Ascomycetes
Order:	Saccharomycetales
Family:	Saccharomycetaceae
Genus:	*Candida*

Species

  Candida albicans
  Candida dubliniensis
  Candida glabrata
  Candida guilliermondii
  Candida kefyr
  Candida krusei
  Candida lusitaniae
  Candida parapsilosis
  Candida tropicalis

Candida is a genus of yeasts, (the most important being Candida albicans) that can cause fungal infections (candidiasis) in humans and other animals. Candida grows in the medical laboratory as large, round, white or cream (albicans meaning 'whitish') colonies on agar plates.

Another Candida species is Candida dubliniensis which presents a problem in HIV positive patients receiving antifungal drugs.

In Latin candidus, candida means clear and white, with the whiteness of pure quartz rather than the whiteness of chalk (albus). Candida was the name of the clear-thinking, outspoken and candid eponymous heroine of Shaw's 1895 play poking fun at well-meaning socialist reformers in the Church of England.

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Candida krusei norpen@sbcglobal.net - March 12th, 2006
I was diagnosed by stool sample as having a light candida krusei, can you explain what that means. what are the symptoms, does it settle in the intestines. can it be detected in the blood as well as stool. Norman G. Penrod read more » messages 1

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