Candida tropicalisas a Pathogen for Man

OVER 25 species of the genus candida have been identified on the basis of their morphologic, colonial and biochemical characteristics and their pathogenicity for man and animals. Candida albicans is the prototype of the pathogenic candida and is listed in most standard textbooks1 , 2 as the only member of the genus with pathogenicity for man. C. albicans, tropicalis, pseudotropicalis, krusei, parakrusei, stellatoidea and guilliermondi are the members of the genus commonly isolated from man.3 All have been found in routine cultures of nose, throat, skin, vagina and gastrointestinal tract and are usually regarded as saprophytes. They are often encountered in the . . .