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Candida albicans or Candida dubliniensis?
Author(s) -
Ells Ruan,
Kock Johan L. F.,
Pohl Carolina H.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
mycoses
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.13
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1439-0507
pISSN - 0933-7407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2009.01759.x
Subject(s) - candida dubliniensis , candida albicans , biology , identification (biology) , microbiology and biotechnology , genotype , corpus albicans , candida infections , fungal pathogen , phenotype , pathogen , genetics , ecology , gene
Summary Candida albicans is increasing as an opportunistic pathogen causing candidemia and candidiasis worldwide. In addition, other non‐ albicans Candida species are now also associated with pertinent infections. These include the closely related C. dubliniensis , which shares many phenotypic similarities with C. albicans . These similarities pose problems in the identification of isolates and have previously led to misidentification of these species. As a result, several identification techniques based on phenotypic and genotypic characteristics have been developed to differentiate between these Candida species. This review will focus on the similarities and differences between these two Candida species highlighting different identification methods and their advantages and disadvantages.