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Opportunistic fungal infection most commonly associated with Candida albicans. Candida albicans commonly colonizes the skin, gastrointestinal and genitourinary tracts; can become pathogenic leading to superficial candidiasis in the setting of fungal overgrowth in a favorable environment (warm, moist, alkaline) or disseminated in an immunocompromised host.
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Modi, B. (2018). Candidiasis. In: Rosenbach, M., Wanat, K., Micheletti, R., Taylor, L. (eds) Inpatient Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18449-4_38
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