Candida dubliniensis

Candida dubliniensis is a dimorphic yeast consisting of ovoid or spherical blastospores in the phylum ascomycota.

Characteristics[edit | edit source]

This species is germ-tube positive, produces thick-walled blastospores arranged in triplets or contiguous pairs, and pseudohyphae with short unilateral, bilateral or multilateral branches at the septa, assimilates carbohydrates, hydrolyzes esculin, and does not utilize potassium nitrate.

Opportunistic pathogen[edit | edit source]

C. Dubliniensis is an opportunistic pathogen and has been isolated from immunocompromised individuals and the oral cavities of hiv-infected patients.

Candidiasis[edit | edit source]

It can cause candidosis and systematic fungemia in humans.

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