Differential Diagnosis
Candida kefyr has elongated blastospores but a different biochemical profile.
Sexual State
Issatchenkia orientalis.
Clinial Importance
It is an occasional cause of mucosal and deep-deated infection in debilitated or immunocompromised individuals. Its emergence as a signifiance pathogen has been associated with increasing use of fluconazole, to which it is resistant.
~1.webp)
