Candida tropicalis

Candida tropicalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Pichiomycetes
Order: Serinales
Family: Debaryomycetaceae
Genus: Candida
Species:
C. tropicalis
Binomial name
Candida tropicalis
(Castellani) Berkhout (1923)
Synonyms
  • Oidium tropicale Castellani (1910)
  • Endomyces tropicalis Castellani (1911)
  • Atelosaccharomyces tropicalis Catellani (1918)

Candida tropicalis is a species of yeast in the genus Candida. It is a common pathogen in neutropenic hosts, in whom it may spread through the bloodstream to peripheral organs.[1] For invasive disease, treatments include amphotericin B, echinocandins, or extended-spectrum triazole antifungals.[2]

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