Fungus
candida orthopsilosis
Definitions related to candida orthopsilosis:
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A yeast in the phylum Ascomycota. This species is oval, round, or cylindrical shaped, ferments glucose, does not form true hyphae and exists in either a yeast phase or a pseudohyphal form. C. orthopsilosis a commensal of human skin, and an opportunistic human pathogen which may cause superficial cutaneous infections.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Any fungal organism that can be assigned to the species Candida orthopsilosis.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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