The following is not true aboCandidaida albicans
Yeast like fungus
Forms chlamydospores
Blastomeres seen in isolates
Causes meningitis in immunocompromised
Blastomeres are one of the cells resulting from the cleavage of the feilised ovum. Candida albicans - form chlamydospores in cornmeal agar at 20C at the end of pseudohyphae. Candida causes mucocutaneous lesions, skin and nail infections, systemic candidiasis (UTI, pulmonary candidiasis, endocarditis, meningitis.). Ref: Textbook of Microbiology, Ananthanarayan and Paniker; 9th edition .
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