A genus of yeast-like mitosporic Saccharomycetales fungi characterized by producing yeast cells, mycelia, pseudomycelia, and blastophores. It is commonly part of the normal flora of the skin, mouth, intestinal tract, and vagina, but can cause a variety of infections, including CANDIDIASIS; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; VULVOVAGINAL CANDIDIASIS; and CANDIDIASIS, ORAL (THRUSH).
    

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Your guide to... women's health issues : ask your Boots pharmacy team / Boots.

Candida and candidosis / F.C. Odds.

Symposium on candida infections / edited by H.I. Winner and Rosalinde Hurley.

Candida and candidiasis / edited by Richard A. Calderone.

Fungal disease in Britain and the United States 1850-2000 : mycoses and modernity / Aya Homei and Michael Worboys.

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Your guide to... women's health issues : ask your Boots pharmacy team / Boots.

Candida and candidosis / F.C. Odds.

Symposium on candida infections / edited by H.I. Winner and Rosalinde Hurley.

Candida and candidiasis / edited by Richard A. Calderone.

Fungal disease in Britain and the United States 1850-2000 : mycoses and modernity / Aya Homei and Michael Worboys.