Meanings of disseminated candidiasis in English

The spectrum of disease includes candidemia and acute and chronic disseminated candidiasis.

In disseminated candidiasis, various organs frequently become involved, usually as a consequence of hematogenous spread of the organism.

The infant reported here had shown progressive deterioration from disseminated candidiasis until conventional amphotericin B therapy was replaced with A-complex.

At seven weeks of age, she developed severe disseminated candidiasis, which failed to respond to conventional amphotericin B and fluconazole therapy.

Compared to the parental strain, the homozygous null mutant strain was far less virulent for mice in an intravenous infection model of disseminated candidiasis.

Purpose of review: Disseminated candidiasis remains a life-threatening disease in the ICU.