Candida lusitaniae
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Candida lusitaniae is an opportunistic yeast species and emerging human pathogen known for causing bloodstream infections and sometimes exhibiting resistance to antifungal drugs.
All labels observed (1)
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| Candida lusitaniae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23030451 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Candida lusitaniae Context triple: [Saccharomycotina, includes, Candida lusitaniae]
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A.
Candida krusei
Candida krusei is an opportunistic pathogenic yeast species notable for causing invasive candidiasis and exhibiting intrinsic resistance to the antifungal drug fluconazole.
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B.
Candida glabrata
Candida glabrata is an opportunistic pathogenic yeast species in humans, notable for causing bloodstream and mucosal infections and for its frequent resistance to azole antifungal drugs.
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C.
Candida tropicalis
Candida tropicalis is a species of opportunistic pathogenic yeast that commonly causes infections in immunocompromised individuals, particularly in hospital settings.
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D.
Candida dubliniensis
Candida dubliniensis is a yeast-like fungal species closely related to Candida albicans, known for causing opportunistic infections particularly in immunocompromised individuals.
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E.
Candida parapsilosis
Candida parapsilosis is an opportunistic yeast pathogen that commonly causes bloodstream and device-associated infections in humans, particularly in hospitalized and immunocompromised patients.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Candida lusitaniae Target entity description: Candida lusitaniae is an opportunistic yeast species and emerging human pathogen known for causing bloodstream infections and sometimes exhibiting resistance to antifungal drugs.
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A.
Candida krusei
Candida krusei is an opportunistic pathogenic yeast species notable for causing invasive candidiasis and exhibiting intrinsic resistance to the antifungal drug fluconazole.
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B.
Candida glabrata
Candida glabrata is an opportunistic pathogenic yeast species in humans, notable for causing bloodstream and mucosal infections and for its frequent resistance to azole antifungal drugs.
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C.
Candida tropicalis
Candida tropicalis is a species of opportunistic pathogenic yeast that commonly causes infections in immunocompromised individuals, particularly in hospital settings.
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D.
Candida dubliniensis
Candida dubliniensis is a yeast-like fungal species closely related to Candida albicans, known for causing opportunistic infections particularly in immunocompromised individuals.
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E.
Candida parapsilosis
Candida parapsilosis is an opportunistic yeast pathogen that commonly causes bloodstream and device-associated infections in humans, particularly in hospitalized and immunocompromised patients.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
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