Candida tropicalis

Candida tropicalis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Saccharomycetes
Order:	Saccharomycetales
Family:	Saccharomycetaceae
Genus:	Candida
Species:	C. tropicalis
Binomial name
	Candida tropicalis; (Castellani) Berkhout (1923)
Synonyms
	Oidium tropicale Castellani (1910); Endomyces tropicalis Castellani (1911); Atelosaccharomyces tropicalis Catellani (1918);

Candida tropicalis is a species of yeast in the genus Candida. It is a common pathogen in neutropenic hosts, in whom it may spread through the bloodstream to peripheral organs.^[1] For invasive disease, treatments include amphotericin B, echinocandins, or extended-spectrum triazole antifungals.^[2]

^ "Bacterial vaginosis: a review on clinical trials with probiotics". New Microbiologica.
^ Chai LY, Denning DW, Warn P (2010). "Candida tropicalis in human disease". Crit. Rev. Microbiol. 36 (4): 282–98. doi:10.3109/1040841X.2010.489506. PMID 20883082. S2CID 36366177.

[Mastro2013-1] "Bacterial vaginosis: a review on clinical trials with probiotics". New Microbiologica.

[2] Chai LY, Denning DW, Warn P (2010). "Candida tropicalis in human disease". Crit. Rev. Microbiol. 36 (4): 282–98. doi:10.3109/1040841X.2010.489506. PMID 20883082. S2CID 36366177.

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Candida tropicalis

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