TY - CHAP AU - Estela Ruiz-Baca AU - Rosa Isela Arredondo-Sánchez AU - Karina Corral-Pérez AU - Angélica López-Rodríguez AU - Iván Meneses-Morales AU - Víctor M. Ayala-García AU - Ana Lilia Martínez-Rocha ED - Xinhui Wang Y1 - 2021-03-09 PY - 2021 T1 - Molecular Mechanisms of Resistance to Antifungals in Candida albicans N2 - Candida albicans, a fungal pathobiont, is the major component of the microbiota communities in healthy adults. It resides in the host’s gastrointestinal tract and mouth and can become pathogenic via overgrowth under a variety of conditions. This book reviews recent knowledge and the latest research on C. albicans, including the mechanism of candidiasis infection, host response, antifungal strategies, biofilms, genetics, and molecular epidemiology of immune responses. BT - Advances in Candida albicans SP - Ch. 2 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.96346 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.96346 SN - 978-1-83969-182-9 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-25 ER -