TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 297. Candida A1 - Knapp, Katherine M. A2 - Rudolph, Colin D. A2 - Rudolph, Abraham M. A2 - Lister, George E. A2 - First, Lewis R. A2 - Gershon, Anne A. Y1 - 2011 N1 - T2 - Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e AB - Candida species are yeast forms that are ubiquitous in nature and frequent colonizers of the skin and mucous membranes in humans, although they rarely cause invasive disease in immunocompetent individuals. Only a small number of the more than 150 species of Candida that have been described are considered to be pathogenic. Candida albicans remains the most frequent cause of human candidiasis, but infections owing to other species of Candida are increasingly recognized.1-4 In addition, the incidence of infections owing to C albicans isolates that are resistant to azole antifungals is increasing. This changing epidemiology has implications for appropriate treatment of antifungal-resistant Candida infections. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=7028790 ER -