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MeSH Heading: Candida
Tree Number(s): B01.300.107.795.095; B01.300.381.147; B01.300.930.176
Unique ID: D002175
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002175
Annotation: infection = CANDIDIASIS or its indentions
Scope Note: A genus of yeast-like mitosporic Saccharomycetales fungi characterized by producing yeast cells, mycelia, pseudomycelia, and blastophores. It is commonly part of the normal flora of the skin, mouth, intestinal tract, and vagina, but can cause a variety of infections, including CANDIDIASIS; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; VULVOVAGINAL CANDIDIASIS; and CANDIDIASIS, ORAL (THRUSH).
Entry Term(s): Candida guilliermondii var. nitratophila; Candida utilis; Cyberlindnera jadinii; Hansenula jadinii; Lindnera jadinii; Monilia; Pichia jadinii; Saccharomyces jadinii; Torula utilis; Torulopsis utilis
Related Numbers: txid4903
NLM Classification #: QW 180.5.D38
Public MeSH Note: TORULOPSIS was heading 1974-85
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2021/03/05

Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

cytology (CY)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pathogenicity (PY)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M000683678
Terms: Cyberlindnera jadinii Preferred Term
Term UI T001010474
Date03/18/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Saccharomyces jadinii
Term UI T001010473
Date03/18/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Torula utilis
Term UI T001010468
Date03/18/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Candida utilis
Term UI T006216
Date05/23/1997
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Torulopsis utilis
Term UI T006217
Date05/23/1997
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Lindnera jadinii
Term UI T001010471
Date03/18/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Candida guilliermondii var. nitratophila
Term UI T001010465
Date03/18/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Pichia jadinii
Term UI T001010472
Date03/18/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Hansenula jadinii
Term UI T001010470
Date03/18/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021)

Candida MeSH Descriptor Data 2025