candidiasis
fungal infection due to any species of yeasts in the genus Candida or those that were formerly classified in the genus Candida but are now classified in the genus Candidozyma
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Summary
candidiasis is an infectious disease[1]. candidiasis draws 6,632 Wikipedia views per month (infectious disease category, ranking #50 of 279).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: class of disease[3]
- Subclass of: opportunistic mycosis[4], disease[5]
- Commons category: Candidiasis[6]
- Described by source: New Encyclopedic Dictionary[7], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[8], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10]
- ICD-9-CM: 112[11], 112.9[12], 112.89[13]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C26711[14]
- Health specialty: infectious diseases[15], dermatology[16]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: itraconazole[17], natamycin[18], 5-fluorocytosine[19], ketoconazole[20], amphotericin B[21], fluconazole[22], nystatin[23], micafungin[24], caspofungin[25], voriconazole[26]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_1508[27], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:1508[28]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[29]
Why It Matters
candidiasis has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] candidiasis is known by 74 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]