Candida Cruise

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Across
  1. 1. Commonly associated with central venous catheters, parenteral nutrition and excellent biofilm formation.
  2. 4. Common in patients with hematological malignancies and prolonged neutropenia. More likely than many Candida species to cause deep-seated disseminated infection.
  3. 6. synonymous with ICU outbreaks, survives for prolonged periods on environmental surfaces, is frequently misidentified by conventional methods, and often exhibits multidrug resistance.
Down
  1. 2. Commonest cause of invasive candidiasis and the only Candida species among these that forms true germ tubes.
  2. 3. Candida species with dose-dependent susceptibility or resistance to azoles and commonly encountered in the elderly and diabetics.
  3. 5. Intrinsically resistant to FLuconazole