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[kan´-di-də], from the Latincandidus (glowing white)
A genus of yeastlike Fungi Imperfecti (for which no sexual reproductive
stage is known) of the family
Cryptococcaceae that produce yeast cells, mycelia, pseudomycelia,
and blastospores. When grown in
the laboratory, Candida appears as large, round, white or
cream colonies on agar plates. C. albicans
infection (or thrush) features distinctive white mouth lesions; “albicans” means
becoming white.
C. dubliniensis, first identified in 1995 at the University
of Dublin, is an opportunistic pathogen that
can cause both superficial and invasive infections, particularly
in the immunocompromised.
Source: Dorland’s illustrated medical dictionary. 30th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders; 2003; Sullivan, DJ, Westerneng TJ, Haynes KA, Bennett DE, Coleman DC. Candida dubliniensis sp. nov.: phenotypic and molecular characterisation of a novel species associated with oral candidosis in HIV-infected individuals. Microbiology 1995;141:1507–121.
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