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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Crit Rev Biotechnol. 2016 Apr 19;37(4):441–458. doi: 10.3109/07388551.2016.1167667

Table 1.

Candida infections in humans: Species related clinical features [162].

Species Related clinical features
C. albicans Mucocutaneous infections: oropharyngeal, esophagitis, vaginitis; Deep-seated infections: pyelonephritis, peritonitis; Hematogenous infections: candidemia, meningitis, hepatosplenic
C. parapsilosis Candidemia, deep infections associated with implanted devices, infections related to contaminated solutions responsible for most candidemia among neonates
C. tropicalis Candidemia and systemic candidiasis in immunosuppressed patients Candidemia may be associated with severe myalgia and myositis
C. glabrata Systemic candidiasis, candidemia, urinary tract infections
C. krusei Candidemia, endophthalmitis, diarrhea in newborns

Reproduced and modified with copyright permission from [162].