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Does candida fungus commonly infect the lung?
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No: Candida can involve the lung but only in very sick hospitalized patients who have received previous broad spectrum antibiotics. Immunosuppressed patients such as cancer or HIV would be those who could rarely have candida lung involvement.
Answered 8/13/2019
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No: Candida affect mainly the skin or oral mucosa in healthy individuals . In case of immune deficiency then invasive candida diseases could happen
Answered 8/13/2019
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