Table 1.

List of 31 species reported as agents of candidasis. They are roughly classified in three groups according to their clinical incidence. Most incidence data come from a global study involving 141 hospitals from 41 countries over 10 years (1997–2007) (Pfaller et al.2010). Species marked with an asterisk were not listed in that study because they had not been discriminated as a different species, or because they have been reported from few cases elsewhere. Names between brackets indicate the currently accepted names for each Candida species.

Incidence	Species
Common agents of candidiasis (5%–70%)	Candida albicans, C. glabrata, C. parapsilosis, C. tropicalis
Rare but may be locally common (0.1%–3%)	C. krusei (Pichia kudriavzevii), C. lusitanae (Clavispora lusitaniae), C. orthopsilosis*, C. metapsilosis*, C. guilliermondii (M. guilliermondii), C. kefyr (Kluyveromyces marxianus), C. inconspicua, C. famata (synonym: Debaryomyces hansenii), C. rugosa, C. dubliniensis, C. norvegensis (Pichia norvegensis), C. nivariensis*, C. bracarensis*
Rarely reported (<0.1% including single-case reports)	C. pelliculosa (Wickerhamomyces anomalus), C. subhashii*, C. lipolytica (Yarrowia lipolytica), C. sake, C. apicola, C. zeylanoides, C. valida (Pichia membranifaciens), C. intermedia, C. pulcherrima (Metschnikovia pulcherrima), C. haemulonii (C. heamulonis), C. stellatoidea, C. utilis (Cyberlindnera jardinii), C. humicola (Asterotremella humicola), C. lambica (Pichia fermentans), C. ciferrii (Trichomonascus ciferrii), C. colliculosa (Torulaspora delbrueckii), C. holmii (Kazachstania exigua), C. marina (Cryptococcus marinus), C. sphaerica (Kluyveromyces lactis)