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| ==Overview==
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| In 1839, B. Lagenbeck from Germany described a [[yeast]]-like fungus for the first time in the [[Thrush|human oral infection thrush]] and its ability to cause it.
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| ==Historical Perspective==
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| *In 1839, B. Lagenbeck from Germany described a [[yeast]]-like [[fungus]] for the first time in the human oral infection [[thrush]] and its ability to cause it.<ref name="pmid18509848">{{cite journal |vauthors=Barnett JA |title=A history of research on yeasts 12: medical yeasts part 1, Candida albicans |journal=Yeast |volume=25 |issue=6 |pages=385–417 |year=2008 |pmid=18509848 |doi=10.1002/yea.1595 |url=}}</ref>
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| *In 1923 the [[Candida albicans]] was described by Christine Marie Berkhout. Over the years the classification of the genera and species has evolved. Obsolete names for this [[genus]] include ''Mycotorula'' and ''[[Torulopsis]]''. The species has also been known in the past as ''[[Candida albicans|Monilia albicans]]'' and ''Oidium albicans''. The current classification is ''nomen conservandum'', which means the name is authorized for use by the [http://www.bgbm.org/iapt/nomenclature/code/SaintLouis/0000St.Luistitle.htm International Botanical Congress (IBC)].
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| *The full current taxonomic classification is available at ''[[Candida albicans]]''.
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| *The genus ''[[Candida]]'' includes about 150 different species. However, only a few of those are known to cause human infections. ''[[c. albicans]]'' is the most significant pathogenic (disease-causing) species. Other ''[[Candida]]'' [[species]] causing diseases in humans include ''[[c. tropicalis]]'', [[Candida glabrata|c''. glabrata'']], [[Candida krusei|c''. krusei'']], [[Candida parapsilosis|c''. parapsilosis'']], [[Candida dubliniensis|c''. dubliniensis'']], and [[Candida lusitaniae|c''. lusitaniae'']].
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