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Definition: Candidiasis |
CandidiasisNoun1. An infection caused by fungi of the genus Monilia or Candida (especially Candida albicans). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | Infection with a fungus of the genus Candida. It is usually a superficial infection of the moist cutaneous areas of the body, and is generally caused by C. albicans; it most commonly involves the skin (dermatocandidiasis), oral mucous membranes (thrush, def. 1), respiratory tract (bronchocandidiasis), and vagina (vaginitis). Rarely there is a systemic infection or endocarditis. Called also moniliasis, candidosis, oidiomycosis, and formerly blastodendriosis. (references) |
Medicine | An infection caused by an opportunistic yeats that tends to proliferate and become pathologic when the environment is favorable and the host resistance is weakened. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In immunocompetent people, candidiasis can usually only be found in exposed and moist parts of the body. This would include the oral cavity (oral thrush), the vagina (vaginal candidiasis or thrush), diaper rash and folds of skin. Candidiasis is perhaps best known as the most common cause of vaginal irritation or vaginitis.
At least three quarters of all women will experience candidiasis at some point in their lives. The Candida albicans organism is found in the vaginas of almost all women and normally causes no problems, however when it gets out of balance with the other "normal flora" an infection can result. Pregnancy, the use of oral contraceptives and some antibiotics, and diabetes mellitus increase the risk of infection.
The most common symptoms are itching and irritation of the vagina and/or vulva. A whitish or whitish-gray discharge may be present, sometimes resembling cottage cheese, and may have a "yeasty" smell like beer or baking bread.
In immunocompromised patients, the candida infection can become systemic, causing much more serious disease.
Following the health tips at Vulvovaginal health can help prevent vaginal candidiasis.
Treatment
Candidiasis should be treated with antifungal medication. If indicated, an underlying reason should be looked for. As an example, oral candidiasis is often linked to the use of inhaled steroids in asthma medication. Patients on long term inhaled steroids should be taught to rinse their mouth after each dose of steroids. Parents with babies with diaper rash should be taught to keep their baby's dry to keep the fungal growth down.External links
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Candidiasis."
Synonyms: CandidiasisSynonyms: monilia disease (n), moniliasis (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Candidiasis |
| English words defined with "candidiasis": thrush ♦ vaginitis. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "candidiasis": Candicidin, Candidiasis, Chronic Mucocutaneous, Candidiasis, Vulvovaginal ♦ Fluconazole ♦ Nifuratel ♦ Polyendocrinopathies, Autoimmune. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Candidiasis" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (candidiasis), Dutch (candidiasis), German (candidiasis). |
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 | Sputum smear from patient with pulmonary candidiasis. Gram stain.Credit: CDC. |  | Histopathology of esophageal candidiasis in a rhesus monkey.Credit: CDC. |
 | Candida spp. are ubiquitous and colonize over 50% of healthy individuals. Up to 14% of patients with immunocompromising disease develop systemic candidiasis which predominantly infects mucous membranes.Credit: CDC. | ||
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Health | In rare cases, invasive candidiasis may occur. (references) | |
When that happens, symptoms of candidiasis appear. (references) | ||
On rare occasions, men may also experience genital candidiasis. (references) | ||
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| "Candidiasis" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Candidiasis" is used about 45 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 45 | 50,900 |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "candidiasis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فطيرات في الجلد. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | кандидос. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | candidiasis (candidosis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | candidosis (candidosis), candidiasis, candidasis (candidosis), mycotorulosis (candidosis), moniliasis (candidosis, cutaneous moniliasis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | candidiasis oris (oral candidiasis), candidiasis cutanea (cutaneous candidiasis), suun kandidoosi (oral candidiasis), suun kandidiaasi (oral candidiasis), suun hiivasieni-infektio (oral candidiasis), sammas (oral candidiasis), ihon kandidoosi (cutaneous candidiasis), ihon kandidiaasi (cutaneous candidiasis), ihon hiivasienitauti (cutaneous candidiasis), hiivakolpiitti (monilia, vaginal candidiasis, vulvovaginal candidiasis, yeast infection), emättimen kandidainfektio (monilia, vaginal candidiasis, vulvovaginal candidiasis, yeast infection). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | candidose (f), candidose (candidosis), moniliose (candidosis), moniliase (candidosis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Candidiasis (candidosis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καντιντίασις,μονιλίασις (candidosis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | פטרת "עור (dermatomycosis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kandidáció. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | candidiasi (candidosis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | andidiasiscay candidíase. (various references) кандидоз. (various references) kandidijaza. (various references) candidiasis (Candida mycosis, candidosis), moniliasis (candidosis), micosis (cryptogamic disease, fungal disease, fungar disease, fungus disease, infection caused by fungi, mycosis). (various references) candidiasis (cutaneous candidiasis), torsk (Atlantic cod, cod, codfish, codling, cutaneous candidiasis, thrush), oral moniliasis (oral candidiasis), oral candidiasis (oral candidiasis), muntorsk (oral candidiasis), dermal candidiasis (cutaneous candidiasis). (various references) cilt hastalığı, kandidiaz. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-d-i-i-i-n-s-s" | |
-2 letters: ascidians. | |
-3 letters: ascidian, candidas, disdains, indicias, scandias. | |
-4 letters: ascidia, candida, candids, diacids, disdain, indicia, scandia. | |
-5 letters: anisic, asdics, caddis, candid, canids, casini, cassia, diacid, naiads, nicads. | |
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HTML Code (1990) (references)C a n d i d i a s i s |
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