HistoryThis section has been translated automatically.
Castellani, 1912
General definitionThis section has been translated automatically.
Saprophytic yeast fungus (shoot). As a commensal of the human being especially on the skin or the mucous membranes in the gastrointestinal tract or the vagina. Only minor pathogenetic significance; often appearing as a contaminant on bacterial or fungal cultures.
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Occurrence/EpidemiologyThis section has been translated automatically.
Worldwide, ubiquitously distributed.
ClinicThis section has been translated automatically.
S.u. Tinea unguium.
MicroscopyThis section has been translated automatically.
Elongated or cylindrical shoot cells (length: 2-7 μm; width: 2-5 μm). Long, mostly tortuous pseudohyphs. Very numerous, cluster-like arranged small blastospores along the pseudohyphs, especially at septa. Terminal Chlamydospores.
LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.
- Ellabib MS et al (2002) Yeasts of the genus Candida are the dominant cause of onychomycosis in Libyan women but not men: results of a 2-year surveillance study. Br J Dermatol 146: 1038-1041
- Korting HC, Schaller M (2001) New developments in medical mycology. dermatologist 52: 91-97
- Seebacher C (1999) Candida in dermatology. Mycoses 42: S63-S67
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