Gene

Immunosuppression

Biology

Corpus albicans

Pathogen

Biochemistry

Immunology

Candida albicans

Immune system

Microbiology

Gut flora

Medicine

Dysbiosis

Mucocutaneous zone

Disease

Pathogenesis

Virulence

Pathology

Candida albicans is a commensal yeast fungus of the human oral, gastrointestinal, and genital mucosal surfaces, and skin. Antibiotic-induced dysbiosis, iatrogenic immunosuppression, and/or medical interventions that impair the integrity of the mucocutaneous barrier and/or perturb protective host defense mechanisms enable C. albicans to become an opportunistic pathogen and cause debilitating mucocutaneous disease and/or life-threatening systemic infections. In this review, we synthesize our current knowledge of the tissue-specific determinants of C. albicans pathogenicity and host immune defense mechanisms.

Pathogenesis and virulence of <i>Candida albicans</i>

Pathogenesis and virulence of Candida albicans