<unk>  is a diploid fungus (a form of yeast), which is<unk> pable of mating but not of meiosis, and a<unk> usal agent of opportunistic oral and genital infections in humans. Systemic fungal infections (fungemias) have emerged as important<unk> uses of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients (e.g., AIDS,<unk> ncer chemotherapy, organ or bone marrow transplantation). In addition, hospital-related infections in patients not previously considered at risk (e.g. patients on an intensive<unk> re unit) have become a<unk> use of major health concern.
C.<unk>  is among the gut flora, the many organisms which live in the human mouth and gastrointestinal tract. Under normal circumstances, C.<unk>  lives in 80% of the human population with no harmful effects, although overgrowth results in<unk> ndidiasis.<unk> ndidiasis is often observed in immunocompromised individuals such as HIV-positive patients.<unk> ndidiasis also may occur in the blood and in the genital tract.<unk> ndidiasis, also known as "thrush", is a common condition which is usually easily cured in people who are not immunocompromised. To infect host tissue, the usual unicellular yeast-like form of<unk>  reacts to environmental cues and switches into an invasive, multicellular filamentous form.
Candida albicans
Cryptococcus neoformans
Aspergillus clavatus
Coccidioides immitis
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
Blastomyces dermatitidis
Epicoccum nigrum
Helminthosporium solani