Candida Albicans

In view of the increasingly authoritative nature of the Report of the Committee on the Control of Infectious Diseases, issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics, we would like to call attention to certain ambiguities in the 1961 report, notably in connection with the etiology and therapy of candi...

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Published in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 1961-09, Vol.28 (3), p.513-514
Main Authors: KOZINN, PHILIP J., TASCHDJIAN, CLAIRE L.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:In view of the increasingly authoritative nature of the Report of the Committee on the Control of Infectious Diseases, issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics, we would like to call attention to certain ambiguities in the 1961 report, notably in connection with the etiology and therapy of candidiasis. On page 55 (Candidiasis: Etiology and Epidemiology: Source) it is stated that "yeastlike fungi are frequently found in . . . the skin of normal individuals." This statement implies that Candida albicans is one of the saprophytic yeastlike fungi. Careful investigative work by various authors (Benham and Hopkins: Arch. Derm. Syph., 28:532, 1933; Winter, W. D.: Yearbook of Pediatrics, 1954/55, Yr. Bk. Pub., 1955, p. 355; Marwin, R. M. J.: J. invest.
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.28.3.513