{"id":51763,"date":"2025-06-25T12:56:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T07:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=51763"},"modified":"2025-06-25T15:46:57","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T10:16:57","slug":"candida-tropicalis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/candida-tropicalis\/","title":{"rendered":"Candida Tropicalis"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Candida Tropicalis Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018Candida tropicalis\u2019, an important fungal pathogen in India and in many other parts of the world, has been found using chromosome alterations to resist common antifungal drugs such as fluconazole and voriconazole.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>About Candida tropicalis<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>species of yeast (fungus)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that is part of the Candida genus.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>human pathogen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> associated with <\/span><b>high mortality rates.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Habitat<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is one of the fungal species that has been obtained from <\/span><b>seawater, sea sediments<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>mudflats<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>marine fish intestine, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mangrove plants, marine algae, and shrimps.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therefore, they are widely distributed in the <\/span><b>tropical and subtropical marine environments.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also dominantly <\/span><b>found in the human gut, fruit surfaces,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a variety of foods, <\/span><b>and soil.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">common systemic fungus, <\/span><b>affecting persons with immune-compromised<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>immune-suppressed systems.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is known to be <\/span><b>pathogenic in neutropenic hosts <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>disseminating through<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b>bloodstream to peripheral organs.<\/b>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A neutropenic host refers to a <\/span><b>person with neutropenia,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a condition characterized by an abnormally <\/span><b>low count of neutrophils,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a <\/span><b>type of white blood cell <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">essential for <\/span><b>fighting off infection<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s, especially bacterial and fungal infections.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also known to<\/span><b> cause infections when the normal microbiota <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the human host has been <\/span><b>compromised by intake of antimicrobial agents<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> such as antibiotics <\/span><b>or when the sugar levels are high<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the system.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It causes <\/span><b>infections on human skin,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the <\/span><b>gastrointestinal tract,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and also in the <\/span><b>female genitourinary tract.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its infections are associated with a <\/span><b>mortality rate of 55-60%.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most common mode of transmission is the <\/span><b>nosocomial transmission between health-care workers and patients.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Treatment<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Antifungal drugs <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are typically utilized to treat C. tropicalis infections.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/science\/widely-used-fungicide-found-to-be-driving-c-tropicalis-infections\/article69732175.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TH<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Candida tropicalis is a yeast species in the Candida genus, known for causing infections in humans, especially in immunocompromised individuals. 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