Candida tropicalis

[Dennis Gaunt]

HKorb at USNOTES.bms.com wrote:
: 
: Dear Sir/Madam
: 
: I would like to find out whether Candida tropicalis would be classified as an
: infectious or non-infectious culture? If you can help me my e-mail address is
: hkorb at usnotes.bms.com.
: 
: Regards
: 
: Hendrik Korb
: 

A "culture" of C. tropicalis would not be considered infectious in the
sense that a culture of, say, Histoplasma capsulatum would be considered
infectious.  If you mean, can it cause disease, possibly but not likely
in otherwise healthy patients.

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