Candidaemia or Candidasis: Controversy of Staphylococcus Sexually Transmitted Infection?


Autoria(s): Ogunshe, A. O.
Cobertura

Origin of publication: Nigeria

Data(s)

15/06/2016

Resumo

Herbal medications are becoming increasingly popular but a most-extraordinary claim by traditional/herbal medical practitioners relates to a Gram-positive bacterium, Staphylococcus , which has been depicted as a deadly sexually transmitted disease that manifest in the form of worms and other symptoms; with contributory roles including infertility, sexual dysfunction and impotency. They further boasted that they are the only ones that possessed the remedy (herbal) for the Staphylococcus sexually transmitted scourge. In the absence of distinguishing phenotypic taxonomic tools, Staphylococcus and Candida spp. may be confused for each other. However, Staphylococcus is a bacterium and not an infection; therefore, there must be more to the traditional medical practitioners’ boasts in ability to cure an infection that was not an infection in the first place. In conclusion, the common sense is that candiaemia or candidiasis is most likely the misdiagnosed sexually transmitted Staphylococcus disease, which is of significant human clinical health issue.

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html

Identificador

http://www.bioline.org.br/abstract?id=md16001

Idioma(s)

en

Publicador

Ibadan Biomedical Communications Group

Relação

http://www.bioline.org.br/md

Direitos

Copyright 2016 - African Journal of Biomedical Research

Fonte

African Journal of Biomedical Research (ISSN: 1119-5096) Vol 19 Num 1

Palavras-Chave #Candidasis; candidaemia; clinical infectious diseases; sexually transmissible infections; Staphylococcus
Tipo

RA