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SUBMITTER: Cabral DJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5961918 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Microbial cell (Graz, Austria) 20180307 5
Localized and systemic fungal infections caused by <i>Candida albicans</i> can lead to significant mortality and morbidity. However, severe <i>C. albicans</i> infections are relatively rare, occurring mostly in the very young, the very old, and immunocompromised individuals. The fact that these infections are rare is interesting because as much as 80 percent of the population is asymptomatically colonized with <i>C. albicans.</i> It is thought that members of the human microbiota and the immune ...[more]