CandidaAlbicansPhotomicrograph.jpg

image shows several groups of small round blue bunches of Candida albicans

Image by Dr. Gordon Roberstad / CDC Public Health Image Library (PHIL)

This photomicrograph reveals some of the ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the fungal organism, Candida albicans, which lives on numerous parts of the human body, as normal flora. However, when an imbalance occurs, such as when hormonal balances change, C. albicans can multiply, resulting in a mucosal or skin infection called candidiasis.