The Candida has mechanisms to adapt very fast towards the host. It behaves so advanced and so fast, even changing phenotype in an apparently random, but reversible. This yeast is able to adapt to the environment and its changes, ensuring a long life.
Candida saprophyte that can be either pathogen. The Candida albicans
can produce genetic variants altered at high frequency. These may relate to cell shape, antigens, morphology, virulence.
Candida usually occurs in the oral cavity , and the appearance of a thrush . Infection surface appears with small white dots, which later becomes darker spots. These are accompanied inflammation.
This reaction is often the case following the administration of antibiotics , corticosteroids in children and debilitated patients with acquired immunodeficiency disease ( AIDS).
Candida also can colonize the esophagus, giving Candida oesophagitis with dysphagia (difficulty and pain on swallowing), retrosternal pain and white patches over the surface of esophagus. This type of candidiasis is common in patients with HIV disease and severe spinal cord.
The Candida vaginitis is very common in women, especially if you are taking birth control pills, pregnancy, or diseases such as diabetes.
This type of infection causes intense itching associated with a whitish thick secretion, with a strong odor and characteristic.
The Candidiasis of the skin develops especially in the nails (onychomycosis ) in hair follicles (folliculitis ), groin ( paronychia), between the toes ( intertriginous ) In the penis (balanitis ), in the armpits or in the perineum of children ( diaper rash).
The Chronic Candidiasis Microcutanea concerns mucous membranes, skin, hair and nails. It is an infection that takes place for T-cell immune deficiency Usually develops in the case of hypoparathyroidism and Addison's disease .
The invasive candidiasis develops when the candidate reaches the blood and spreads through the blood, tissues and organs. The infection thus extends to the whole body, giving renal abscesses, infarction, endocarditis, meningitis brain, parenchymal microabscesses, endophthalmitis, pneumonia, liver abscess.
This type of disease develops in patients who are very debilitated by serious diseases like leukemia and cancer, or post implantation of cardiac interventions, but also in addicts (intravenous drug-taking).
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