Candida balanitis yeast infection of Penis

by Dr. Bhairavsinh Raol in English Health

IntroductionAn opportunistic infection caused by Candida albicans is known as Candida balanitis or penile candidiasis or penile yeast infection.Candida albicans is an opportunistic pathogenic yeast that is a common member of the human gut flora. It can also survive ...Read Morethe human body. It is detected in the gastrointestinal tract and mouth in 40–60% of healthy adults. It is usually a commensal organism, but it can become pathogenic in immunocompromised individuals under a variety of conditions. It is one of the few species of the genus Candida that causes the human infection candidiasis, which results from an overgrowth of the Read Less