An opportunistic mycosis that involves fungal infection of the mouth, throat, skin, scalp, vagina, fingers, nails, bronchi, lungs, heart and brain by Candida species, of which Candida albicans is the most common. Systemic Candida infections are usually confined to severely immunocompromised persons. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECO_0007638 url:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candidiasis ]
Synonyms: Disseminated candidiasis systemic candidiasis
Term information
- NCI:C26711
- ICD10CM:B37
- SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:154403005
- MESH:D002177
- ICD9CM:112
- UMLS_CUI:C0006840
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