Candidiasis: Predisposing Factors, Prevention, Diagnosis and Alternative Treatment

• Published in: Mycopathologia (1975) Vol. 177; no. 5-6; pp. 223 - 240
• Main Authors: Martins, Natália, Ferreira, Isabel C. F. R., Barros, Lillian, Silva, Sónia, Henriques, Mariana
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.06.2014; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animals; Antifungal agents; Antifungal Agents - therapeutic use; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Candida - drug effects; Candida - physiology; Candida albicans; Candida albicans - drug effects; Candida albicans - physiology; Candidiasis - diagnosis; Candidiasis - drug therapy; Candidiasis - microbiology; Eukaryotic Microbiology; Fungal infections; Fungi; Humans; Immune system; Life Sciences; Medical Microbiology; Metabolism; Microbial Ecology; Microbiology; Microorganisms; Nosocomial infections; Plant Sciences; Prevention; Virulence; Yeast; Prevention; Candidiasis; Alternative treatment; Diagnosis; Therapeutic approach; Predisposing factors

Candidiasis is the most common opportunistic yeast infection. Candida species and other microorganisms are involved in this complicated fungal infection, but Candida albicans continues to be the most prevalent. In the past two decades, it has been observed an abnormal overgrowth in the gastrointesti...