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.
Clinical pictureThis 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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