Abstract
Abstract A description is provided for Candida guilliermondii . Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. DISEASE: Candida guilliermondii is an uncommon cause of human candidosis. It has been reported in cases of acute disseminated candidosis (approximately 1-2% cases), endocarditis, arthritis, paronychia and burns infections. It has also been isolated from vagina, urine, oral cavity, gastro-intestinal tract and ear. Isolations from animals include those from cases of mastitis in cows, sheep and goats and from bovine abortion. Rather more unusual isolations include a report by Sutka of 20 cows slaughtered due to infertility and udder infection from which C. guilliermondii was isolated from liver, lungs, kidney + spleen ( Acta Veterinaria Yugoslavia 53: 225-231, 1983). Candida guilliermondii has been isolated from a variety of birds and other warm-blooded animals and from soil, sand, seawater and swimming pools. Attempts to produce superficial or systemic infections in laboratory animals have generally been unsuccessful, suggesting that it is an opportunist or weak pathogen. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Reported from Africa (West Africa, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia); Asia (Hong Kong, India, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam); Australasia and Oceania (Fiji, Samoa); Europe (many countries); North America (Cuba, El Salvador, Mexico, USA); South America (Argentina, Brazil, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela).
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