Many ascomycete yeast species from the Candida genus are widely distributed in nature and act as common saprophytic constituents of the normal human microflora. However, some of these fungal species can also become opportunistic pathogens following a transition from a commensal to a pathogenic phase, induced by alterations in the host environment. Candida species thereby rarely trigger infectio...

Glanders in man is rare in India. The Principal of the Bengal Veterinary College has reported that the disease is extremely rare here in man. Mr. Rajagopalam of the Imperial Veterinary Research Institute, Mukteswar, Kumaun, wrote to one (G. P.) of the authors of this note that he knew of only two cases of glanders in man in this country, both being veterinarians?Professor Gaiger (1913, 1916) an...

Candidiasis is a multifaceted fungal disease including mucosal-cutaneous, visceral, and disseminated infections caused by yeast species of the genus Candida. Candida infections are among the most common human mycoses. Candida species are the third to fourth most common isolates from bloodstream infections in neutropenic or immunocompromised hospitalized patients. The mucosal-cutaneous forms-par...