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Various types of yeast can cause infection in different parts of the body. The most common cause of yeast infection is Candida albicans. It can be oral thrush or with vaginitis. Males can also exhibit genital infection. At times, yeast infection can be systemic and potentially very serious (usually this occurs when the individual has some other condition that compromises the immune system, e.g., AIDS). On the skin surface or oral mucosa, yeast infection causes inflation inflammation. Yeast is diagnosed based on microscopic examination and search for characteristic yeast organisms. A range of antifungal drugs is used to treat yeast infection. These can be topical or systemic.
In addition to the medically accepted yeast infections (noted above), others have proposed that “subclinical” yeast infection can cause a wide range of problems and can be treated by a special diet. The notion behind this diet is that yeast infection, sometimes acquired at the time of vaginal birth,...
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Volkmar, F.R. (2018). Yeast Infection. In: Volkmar, F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6435-8_458-3
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