What is Candidemia?

Candidemia is another name for candedemia, fungemia, systemic yeast infection, or invasive candidiasis. It is the most serious form of yeast infection and can be fatal. It is most common in those with weakened immune systems, critically ill patients in hospital.

Candida Albicans in The Lungs

Candida albicans are a species of fungus once known as Monilia that cause most yeast infections people suffer from on the skin, and mucous membranes like the mouth, the rectum or the vagina.

Candida Infection of the Lung

Usually when we talk about yeast infections we are talking about the external localized forms, vaginal, oral, anal, skin and so on. These types are irritating, can cause a great deal of discomfort and embarrassment, but they are not serious medical conditions.

Candida and AIDS/HIV

Candida and AIDS/HIV are two conditions that have very direct and obvious links. When a patient has HIV or AIDS their immune system is weakened and it is unable to be as effective at fighting off other infections.

Candida Renal Infection

Candida renal is also called Renal candidiasis and can occur when a person has a systemic yeast infection, or Fungemia candida. This is where the candida has entered the blood stream and can affect internal organs in this case the kidneys.

Candida Krusei

Candida krusei is one of the less common though emerging more frequently recently, cause of candidiasis in patients with hematological malignancies and the immunocompromised.

I Have Heard of Congenital Candidiasis and Neonatal Candidiasis in Newborns, What is the Difference?

Congenital candidiasis is slightly more serious of the two but rarer.

I Used an Intrauterine Method of Birth Control Before Getting Pregnant, Does That Put My Baby at Higher Risk of a Systemic Yeast Infection?

It is possible that if you used an intrauterine method of birth control but still got pregnant that infection could occur or a form of Congenital candidiasis.

Congenital Candidiasis

There are two types of yeast infections a baby can get when born, one is called Neonatal Candidal infections, and will be explored in another article. This covers the types of yeast infections a baby may get a few weeks after being born.

Candida Tropicalis

Candida is the name for a genus or family of fungi and each species in the candida family then has a name. For example the most common cause of yeast infections is Candida albicans.