Yeast infection not Candida

July 26, 2004

Has anyone heard of a yeast infection that isn't

Candida??

I got a stool test from Great Smokies. I paid

for it myself, expensive, but then I have been

feeling lousy and can't find the reason. Anyway,

it came back as positive for yeast infection 'not

Candida'?? I had a bit of the runs though so

thought I would pospone test but then thought oh

well maybe it is the time to test. So could be

just something in some food I was eating, I've

been having lots of sprouts for example.

I just hadn't heard of it before. I did find

this link regarding 'yeast and yeast-like fungi',

" Saccharomyces, Cryptococcus and Candida

albicans " .

http://helios.bto.ed.ac.uk/bto/microbes/yeast.htm

I can't tell on the page though which are the

yeasts and which is the 'yeast-like' fungi. Is

Candida actually a 'yeast-like fungi' instead of

a true yeast. Reason I ask is because I saw

Candida listed as most common form of fungal

infection, listing aspergillus as second, so that

is making me think it is a fungi, not a yeast.

I have been confused on this issue a lot as so

many people say they have a yeast infection when

referring to Candida, but then reading Candida

listed as a fungal infection. If so that means

at least at the time of the test I had

Saccharomyces or Cryptococcus.

If I don't feel better by other measures I plan

to retake the test perhaps this fall since it may

have been something I ate rather than something

I'm infected with.

Thanks.

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July 27, 2004

Hi there

Candida starts out as a yeast, but when it gets out of

control it morphs into a fungus.

Regards

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