Candida tropicalis


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Related to Candida tropicalis: Candida albicans, Candida parapsilosis, Candida glabrata

Candida tropicalis

a species occasionally associated with candidiasis.

Candida tropicalis var tropicalis

A fungus that is an opportunistic pathogen in patients with impaired innate immunity, bone marrow transplantation or neoplasia, especially associated with surgery or indwelling devices, and accompanied by multidrug resistance.
 
Clinical conditions
Endocarditis, meningitis, osteomyelitis, pneumonia, spondylodiscitis, rupture of hollow organs (e.g., stomach, bladder).

Classification
1. Ascomycota.
2. Saccharomycotina.
3. Saccharomycetes.
4. Saccharomycetidae.
5. Saccharomycetales.
6. Candida.
7. Candida tropicalis.

Can·di·da tro·pi·ca·lis

(kan'di-dă trop-i-kā'lis)
A yeast species occasionally associated with candidiasis.

Candida tropicalis

A Candida species that, unlike C. albicans, does not produce germ tubes and does not hydrolyze urea. It is responsible for bloodborne infections in patients with diabetes mellitus, leukemias and lymphomas.
See also: Candida
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Candida tropicalis biofilm's matrix-involvement on its resistance to amphotericin B.
Analisis de Enterococcus faecalis, Staphylococcus aureus y Candida albicans en nucleos colados en metal base
The other results together with the presence and distribution of blastospores along the pseudomycelium allowed the classification as Candida tropicalis.
Levaduras autoctonas como factores de crecimiento en Rhamdia quelen: primeras aproximaciones
Reduction of Candida tropicalis biofilm by photoactivation of a Heterophyllaea pustulata extract.
The anthraquinones rubiadin and its 1-methyl ether isolated from Heterophyllaea pustulata reduces Candida tropicalis biofilms formation
Y Kinetics of biodegradation of free gossypol by Candida tropicalis in solid state fermentation.
Gossypol detoxification and lysine enrichment in Cottonseed cake by solid state fermentation
Fungal bezoar and bladder rupture secondary to candida tropicalis.
Fungus ball and emphysematous cystitis secondary to Candida tropicalis: a case report
Candida tropicalis infecting the respiratory tract of turkeys in Israel.
Antemortem diagnosis and successful treatment of pulmonary candidiasis in a sun conure (Aratinga solstitialis)
Experimental induction of fluconazole resistance in Candida tropicalis ATCC 750.
Epidemiologia de las dermatomicosis en 30 anos de estudio en el Instituto de Medicina Tropical Daniel A Carrion, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru
In their study, 49% of Candida albicans, 23% Candida tropicalis, 18% Candida parapsilosis and 5% Candida glabrata [16].
Evaluation of fungal infections and foot syndrome, in diabetic patients referred to health centers in Tehran
Although different species of Candida, such as Candida glabrata, Candida tropicalis, Candida krusei and Candida dubliniensis, are at present recog nized as increasing opportunistic pathogens specially in HIV infected individuals and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients, Candida albicans still remains the most common yeast isolated in humans [37].
Morphologic and morphometric analysis of alternations in the oral cavity caused by Candida albicans--experimental work/Morfoloska i morfometrijska analiza promena u usnoj duplji koje je izazvala Candida albicans--eksperimentalni rad
Various trials have revealed that Candida albicans remains, the most common fungal agent associated with invasive candida infection (ICI) regardless of age (55%), followed by Candida parapsilosis, Candida tropicalis, Candida glabrata, and krusei17.
FREQUENCY OF CANDIDEMIAS IN A TERTIARY CARE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
41) Candida tropicalis is probably the second most common cause of candidiasis.
Systemic mycoses: an overview for modern natural health professionals
Haemolytic and proteinase activities in clinical isolates of Candida parapsilosis and Candida tropicalis with reference to the isolation anatomic site.
Comparison of the hemolytic activity between C. albicans and non-albicans Candida species

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