see also:

• fungi
• antifungal agents

• Candida sp is a yeast and the main human pathogen in the Candida family has been C. albicans but in 2009, a new species, C. auris was discovered and this organism appears to be developing into a global threat for at risk critically ill hospitalised patients

• a very common pathogen which is the cause of oral and vaginal thrush
• may also cause systemic infection in immunocompromised patients and those with long term vascular lines in situ

• discovered in 2009
• can be resistant to all three major classes of antifungal agents
• may cause systemic infection in immunocompromised patients and those with long term vascular lines in situ
• was discovered for 1st time in Brazil in 2021